VI. Reading comprehension（阅读理解）（共50分）A.Choose the best answer（根据短文内容, 选择最恰当的答案）（共14分）Why do you do what you do?What is the engine that keeps you up late at night or gets you going in the morning?What stands between you and your dream?Weighty questions. One researcher believes that writing down the answers to these questions can be decisive for students. Jordan Peterson teaches in the Department of Psychology at the University of Toronto. He wrote a paper that demonstrates a surprising effect: nearly erasing the achievement gap for 700 students over the course of two years with a short written exercise in setting goals.Experiments going back to the 1980s have showed that “expressive”writing can reduce depression, increase productivity and even cut down on visits to the doctors.“Goal-setting theory” holds that writing down specific goals and strategies can help people overcome obstacles and succeed. Seeing a positive outcome helps people stay motivated and stick to achieving their goals.Recently, researchers have been getting more and more interested in the role that mental motivation plays in academic achievement. Peterson wondered whether writing down goals could be shown to affect students’ motivation. He started a course called Map of Meaning, in which students complete a set of writing exercises that combine writing with goal-setting, Students reflect on important moments in their past and create plans for the future, including specific goals and strategies to get through difficulties.“It completely turned my life around,”says Christine Brophy, who is an under-graduate several years ago, was on the verge of dropping out of school. After taking Peterson’s course, she changed her major. Today she is a doctoral student and one of Peterson’s main research assistants.In an early study at McGill University in Montreal, Peterson’s course showed a powerful positive effect on students at risk, reducing the dropout rate and improving academic achievement. Peterson is seeking a larger audience for what he has named “self-authoring,”He started a company and is selling the course online.60. Which is NOT the advantage of expressive writing?A. Reducing depressionB. Improving healthC. Increasing productivityD. Changing personality61. What does the underlined word “obstacles” mean?A. troublesB. difficultiesC. worriesD. horrors62. Jordan Peterson created the course Map of Meaning in order to _________.A. help students write down goals.B. reduce the dropout rateC. prove the mental motivation in academic performanceD. find out whether writing down goals helps students achieve them63. If people can see a positive outcome, they will ________.A. stay motivatedB. feel happyC. be interested in writingD. forget what they’re done64. In the course, students take part in some activities EXCEPT ________.A. reflecting on important momentsB. create plans for the futureC. sharing their school lifeD.making goals and strategies65. Which word can best describe the course?A. TrustworthyB. EffectiveC. NegativeD. Comfortable66. Which is the best title of the article?A. Power of writing goals!B. Stay positive!C. Life is changing!D. Writing exercises!VI. Reading comprehension（阅读理解）（共50分）A.Choose the best answer（根据短文内容, 选择最恰当的答案）（共12分）(A)Daniel Boone was born in the United States in 1734. He didn’t go to school and couldn’t read, although he learned all about the forests, streams and hunting. He could move silently like an Indian leaving no marks. He loved to live alone in the woods where nothing frightened him.When he grew up, he married and tried to settle down on a farm. A year later, however, hewasn’t satisfied and decided to go into the unknown western lands, crossing the Appalachian Mountains. When he returned after two years, he became famous for his long journey. He brought valuable animal skins and told stories about the Indians.After this, he chose to keep travelling to unknown places. Once he lost to the Indians in battle and was taken away. The Indians liked him and became his friends.Daniel Boone died at the age of 86. He is remembered as an explorer and a pioneer who lived an exciting life in the early years of American nation69. Daniel Boone’s early life was mainly spent in ________.A. learning about natureB. hunting with ish friendsC. learning useful skills from the IndiansD. studying at home instead of going to school70. When he got married, Daniel Boone first planned to ________.A.set up a large farmB. go on a journey with ish wifeC. find food, new land for his farmD. live a peaceful life with his family71. Why did the Indians want to make friends with him?A.Because they wanted to learn from him.B. Because he wanted to make peace with them.C.Because they wanted to make friends with white people.D. No reason is told this article.(B)Perhaps the most famous theory, the study of body movement, was suggested by Professor Ray Bird Whistle. He believes that physical appearance is often culturally(文化的)programmed. In other words, we learn our looks --- we are not born with them. A baby has generally unformed face features(特征). A baby, according to Bird Whistle, learns where to set the eyebrows(眉毛) by looking at those around --- family and friends. This helps explain why the people of some areas of the United States look so much alike, New Englanders or Souterners have certain common face features that cannot be explained by genetics(遗传学). The exact shape of the mouth is not set at birth,it is learned after. In fact, the final mouth shape is not formed until well after new teeth are set. For many, this can be well into grown-ups. A husband and wife together for a long time often come to look somewhat alike. We learn our looks from those around us. This is perhaps why in a single country there are areas where people smile more than those in other areas. In the UnitedStates, for example, the South is the part of the country where the people smile most frequently. In New England they smile less, and in the western part of New York State still less. Many Southerners find cities such as New York cold and unfriendly, partly because people on Madison Avenue smile less than people on Peachtree Street in Atlanta, Georgia. People in largely populated areas also smile and greet each other in public less than do people in small towns.72. Ray Bird Whistle believes physical appearance ________.A. has little to do with cultureB. has much to do with cultureC. is ever changingD. is different from place to place73. According to the passage, the final mouth shape is formed ________.A. before birthB. as soon as one’s teeth are newly setC. sometime after new teeth are setD. around 15 years old74. This passage might have been taken out of a book dealing with ________.A. physicsB. chemistryC. biologyD. body movementVI. Reading comprehension（阅读理解）（共50分）A.Choose the best answer（根据短文内容, 选择最恰当的答案）（共12分）(A)It was a cold March day in High Point, North Carolina. The girls on the Wesleyan Academy softball team were waiting for their next turns at bat during practice, stamping their feet to stay warm. Eighth-grader Taylor Bisbee shivered (发抖)a little as she watched her teammate Paris White play. The two didn't know each other well--Taylor had just moved to town a month or so before.Suddenly, Paris fell to the ground. "Paris's eyes rolled back," Taylor says. "She started shaking. I knew it was an emergency."It certainly was. Paris had suffered a sudden heart failure. Without immediate medical care, Paris would die. At first, no one moved. The girls were in shock.Then the softball coach shouted Ou t , “Does anyone know CPR？”CPR is a life-saving technique. To do CPR, you press on the sick person's chest so that blood moves through the body and takes oxygen to organs. Without oxygen, the brain is damaging quickly.Amazingly, Taylor had just taken a CPR course the day before. Still, she hesitated. She didn't think she knew it well enough. But when no one else came forward, Taylor ran to Paris and began doing CPR. "It was scary. I knew it was the difference life and death," says Taylor.Taylor's swift action helped her teammates calm down. One girl called 911. Two more ran to get the school nurse, who brought defibrillator, an electronic device(器械) that can shock the heart back into work. Luck stayed with them: Paris's heartbeat returned.“I know I was really lucky,” Paris says now. "Most people don't survive this. My team saved my life”Experts say Paris is right: For a sudden heart failure, the single best chance for survival is having someone nearby step in and do CPR quickly .Today, Paris is back on the softball team. Taylor will apply to college soon. She wants to be a nurse. "I feel more confident in my actions now," Taylor says. “I know I can act under pressure in a scary situation."69.What happened to Paris on a March day?A. She caught a bad coldB. She had a sudden heart problemC. She was knocked down by a ball.D. She shivered terribly during practice.70. Why does Paris say she was lucky?A. She made a worthy friend.B. She recovered from shock.C. She received immediate CPR.D. She came back on the softball team.71. Which of the following words can best describe Taylor?A. Enthusiastic and kind.B. Courageous and calm.C. Cooperative and generous.D. Ambitious and professional.(B)Some of the world’s most famous musicians recently gathered in Paris and New Orleans to celebrate the first annual International Jazz Day. UNESCO(United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) recently set April 30 as a day to raise awareness of jazz music, itssignificance, and its potential as a unifying(联合) voice across cultures.Despite the celebrations, though, in the U.S. the jazz audience continues to shrink and grow older, and the music has failed to connect with younger generations.It’s Jason Moran’s job to help change that. As the Kennedy Center’s artistic adviser for jazz, Moran hopes to widen the audience for jazz, make the music more accessible(可接近的), and preserve(保护) its history and culture.“Jazz seems like it’s not really a part of the American appetite,” Moran tells National Public Radio’s reporter Neal Conan. “What I’m hoping to accomplish(实现) is that my generation and younger start to reconsider and understand that jazz is not black and write anymore. It’s actually color, and it’s actually digital.”Moran says one of the problems with jazz today is that the entertainment aspect of the music has been lost. “The music can’t be presented today the way it was in 1908 or 1958. It has to continue to move, because the way the world works is not the same,” says Moran.Last year, Moran worked on a project that arranged Fats Waller’s music for a dance party, “Just to kind of put it back in the mind that Waller is dance music as much as it is concert music,”says Moran. “For me, it’s the recontextualization(语境重构). In music, where does the emotion lie? Are we, as humans, gaining any insight on how talk about ourselves and how something as abstract(抽象的) as a Charlie Parker record gets us into a dialogue about our emotions and our thoughts? Sometimes we lose sight that the music has a wi der context,” says Moran, “so I want to continue those dialogues. Those are the things I want to foster(促进).”72. Why did UNESCO set April 30 as International Jazz Day?A. To remember the birth of jazz.B. To protect cultural diversity.C. To encourage people to study musicD. To recognize the value of jazz73. What does the underlined word “that” in paragraph 3 refer to?A. jazz becoming more accessible.B. The production of jazz growing faster.C. jazz being less popular with the youngD. The jazz audience becoming larger.74. Which of the following can be the best title for the text?A. Exploring the Future of Jazz.B. The Rise and Fall of Jazz.C. The Story of a Jazz Musician.D. Celebrating the Jazz Day.VI. Reading comprehension（阅读理解）（共50分）A.Choose the best answer（根据短文内容, 选择最恰当的答案）（共12分）A half-century ago, most mothers of young children in the United States did not work outside the home. But life has changed. The United States Census (官方统计) Bureau (办事处) said that in 2002, sixty-four percent of mothers with a child under age six were in the workforce (劳动大军). If the father also works, the need for child care is clear. The same is true if a parent is single.Sometimes grandparents or other family members watch over children. But most working parents must pay for care. And they often have to pay a lot. The Labor Department’s Bureau of Labor Statistics (统计资料) says child-care costs for a full day begin at about four thousand dollars yearly. Many families pay ten thousand dollars yearly per child --- and more.Some parents employ a person to supervise (照料) children in the parents’ home. This person is often called a baby sitter or a nanny. Sometimes this care provider lives with the family. Some care providers open their own homes to one or more children. These, and other, children’s centers must meet the requirements of local and state governments. For example, a care provider can supervise only a limited number of children. The number depends on the children’s ages. Care centers must show that they are protected against fires and other dangers.Yet once parents find a place, they cannot be sure they will stay. The care might not be as good as they hoped. Or the cost might increase. Or the parents might even be asked to take their son or daughter elsewhere if the child often bites or hits other children.Child-care companies and religious organizations operate some of the daycare center and preschools in the United States. Organizations like the Y. M. C. A, the Young Men’s Christian Association, provide daytime child care in many cities across the country. These programs serve children from the earliest years to as old as students in middle school. Care for school-age children is also provided at public and private schools before and after normal school hours.69. When didn’t most mothers of young children work outside the home?A. A century ago.B. Fifty years ago.C. Sixty-four years ago.D. Six years ago.70. What kind of people need child care?A. Working parents.B. Grandparents.C. Religious organizations.D. Some companies.71. Why can’t parents be sure they will stay?A. The care is not as good as they hoped.B. The cost might increase.C. They might even be asked to take their son or daughter elsewhere if the child often bites or hits other children.D. Above all.72. How much do parents pay for child care according to statistics?A. They have to pay a lot.B. More than ten thousand dollars every yearC. About four thousand dollars every year.D. Used to be ten thousand dollars yearly per child.73. Care for school-age children is also provided at public and private schools __________.A. until children leave middle schoolB. before and after normal school hoursC. after they are old enoughD. before children begin school74. What is the best title of this passage?A. Child Care in The United States.B. Mothers in The United States.C. Child-care Companies Have Appeared in The United States.D. Taking Care of Your Children.VI. Reading comprehension（阅读理解）（共50分）A.Choose the best answer（根据短文内容, 选择最恰当的答案）（共12分）Do you dream of being a reporter or an editor? Are you a good writer who loves the news? If so, you may have what it takes to be a winner in the TFK Kid Reporter Talent Search.We’re looking for 12 students from around the nation to be members of the TFK Kid Reporter Team for the 2016-2017 school year.Next year’s team will continue the tradition of reporting local and regional news stories for TIMEFOR KIDS magazine.Professional journalists from TIME FOR KIDS will select this team. In the past , TFK Kid Reporters have:●Interviewed national leaders, celebrities, and other newsmakers.●Written news stories, reviews and opinion pieces for TIME FOR KIDS.●Learned about the news business from award-winning journalists who work at TIME.●Appeared on television to talk about their work.How to EnterTo apply(申请), complete the required fields and the official entry form. Be sure to read the official rules and share them with your parent or guardian, who must sign your entry form and submit(提交) it electronically. Entries must be submitted by June 17, 2016. You must be 14 years of age or younger on September 1, 2016.Contest opens: 10:00 A.M. EST on March 14, 2016Contest deadline: 12:00 P.M. EST on June 17, 2016All entries must follow the official rules for consideration.See contest rules below. Good luck!69. What kind of person do the TFK KID Reporter Team want?A. reportersB. editorsC. writersD. students70. What don’t TFK KID Reporters probably do?A. have a talk on TVB. teach kids how to write a reportC. have an interview with ObamaD. write a news story71. The parents must ________.A. fill in the entry formB. share the entry form with the guardiansC. sigh the entry formD. visit the website72. Which is it possible for kids to apply for the job?A. March 15, 2015B. July 16, 2016C. May 1, 2016D.Today73. According to the passage, which of the following statements is true?A. The TFK is a newspaper organization.B. TFK KID Reporter may write different kinds of articles.C. Any kids can apply for the job.D. Kids need to write a letter to TFK to apply for the job.74. You may find the above information in _______.A. advertisementsB. novelsC. poemsD. text booksVI. Reading comprehension（阅读理解）（共50分）A.Choose the best answer（根据短文内容, 选择最恰当的答案）（共12分）If you want to find out a piece of information about anything, the best place to search for it is Wikipedia. This online encyclopedia(百科全书). is written by thousands of people around the world. Anyone can add or change the information if he or she finds it not correct or not well written. In this way, people who know a lot about a certain subject can write about it even if they are not university professors.What is more, Wikipedia includes articles written in about 235 languages. This fact makes it one of the few websites on the Internet that are truly international. It was started in 2001 by Larry Sanger and Jimmy Wales, as a free online English-language encyclopedia project. By April 2008 over 10 million articles had been put on Wikipedia. A quarter of the articles in English. Wikipedia is also a place where people can find the latest news.However, Wikipedia has its own problems. There have been many complaints that some of the information on Wikipedia is not accurate and some important subjects are not included. This has led to arguments between the writers of articles. The people running Wikipedia say that the accuracy of the information is improving and that it is one of the top 20 visited websites on the Internet.So, if you are looking for some information, why not try Wikipedia?74. Wikipedia is ________.A.a computer gameB. an online magazineC. a free universityD. a website encyclopedia75. People who write on Wikipedia________.A. know much about a certain subjectB. likes writing different storiesC. can’t be university professorsD. are usually famous scientists76.Wikipedia is truly international because _________.A.everything is written in EnglishB. likes writing different storiesC. Should be university professorsD. are usually famous scientists77. People didn’t see Wikipedia on the Internet until_________.A. 1998B. 2001C. 2008D. 201178. Besides information about different subjects,people can also_________on Wikipedia.A.Watch interesting moviesB. send e-mails to friendsC. read about the latest newsD. play exciting games79.The underlined part in Paragraph 3 probably means_________.A.causedB. stoppedC. becomeD. reportedVI. Reading comprehension（阅读理解）（共50分）A.Choose the best answer（根据短文内容, 选择最恰当的答案）（共12分）Your sister often volunteers for the People's Food Bank. She shows you a poster about this charity.28. According to the poster, you should not donate ______ to the People's Food Bank.A. cerealB. riceC. tinned foodD. milk29. According to the poster, food that ______ is accepted.A. can't be used after 25DecemberB. won't go bad until AprilC. will go bad in one monthD. helps to feed the Christmas tree30. According to the poster, people who ______ are not helped by the donations.A. are too busy to cookB. have no place to live inC. are blind and poorD. have money problems31. What cannot we do for People's Food Bank? ______.A. Do volunteer work.B. Save money online.C. Learn about fund-raising activities.D. Bring food to the collection points.32. People's Food Bank ______.A. stores food for Christmas treeB. sells food to the people in needC. reminds people not to waste foodD. purchases food for the community33. The main purpose of the poster is to ______.A. look for volunteersB. set up a food bankC. celebrate ChristmasD. introduce a kind of charity workVI. Reading comprehension（阅读理解）（共50分）A.Choose the best answer（根据短文内容, 选择最恰当的答案）（共12分）They crossed in front of me as I was driving out of the store parking lot. My first reaction was filled with anger at being delayed for a whole ten seconds. But I quickly became patient whenI realized that this was an elderly couple.The man leaned on his wife who walked in front of him. He not only used her for support but it was obvious that he was blind. The two of them worked as one—each needing the other to function in this fast-changing world.That little example of true strength changed my whole personal perception of life that day.Suddenly I wasn’t so mad about having to work a few extra hours on Saturdays. I had my strength, and I was still relatively young.That picture of those two elderly people walking with dignity(尊严,自尊)and strength stayed with me the entire week. My life wasn’t so bad after all. I had my health and a good job. I started to think—not only was I lucky to have it all, but also was that wonderful old couple, who, despite the trials and sufferings of a long life, still had the love and support of each other to carry them through this world.There are so many people out there just like that couple. My wife and I sometimes picture ourselves in our old age, walking arm in arm into the sunset. That image always gives us a warm feeling of comfort. Just remember, none of us would be here if it wasn’t for our elders. We allshould spend a little extra time and patience when it comes to helping our elder friends. They need it.69.What was the writer’s first reaction(反应) when he was stopped by the old couple?A) He got angry at being delayed B) He didn’t mind i t at allC)He showed great pity for the couple D) He waited patiently70. After meeting the old people, the writer thought________.A) they lived a happier life than he B)they should be respected because of their loveC)they didn’t live a life wit hout hardships D)they lived happily by walking together71. The underline word “perception” in paragraph 3 probab l y means “________”A)strength B)method C)picture D)understanding72. From the fourth paragraph, we can learn ________.A. the author once decided to change his jobB. the author’s wife gave him lots of supportC. old people are more likely to get patient with othersD. it’s a bad thing to live a long life full of hardship73. The writer wants to tell us in the last paragraph that _______.A) everyone should live with dignity and strengthB) old people can teach us many important lessonsC)we should be patient when dealing with old peopleD)happiness comes from walking arm-in-arm74. What do we know about the writer according to the passage?A) He and his wife are in their old age B) He had a good but busy jobC)His wife is very bad actually D) He and his wife often walk arm-in armVI. Reading comprehension（阅读理解）（共50分）A.Choose the best answer（根据短文内容, 选择最恰当的答案）（共12分）At present, Shanghai has 15 metro lines that are in operation, 387 stations, 637 kilometerslong. Millions of passengers might accidentally be attracted and moved by some pictures on the wall or a nameless corridor when they gathered in this “underground city”.The brick wall of" Shikumen", traditional Shanghai houses, has been moved to "Xintiandi” Metro Station of Line 1. This thoughtful design has become a footnote for the development of Shanghai in recent hundred years.Magic lantern, haircut, hawkers selling snacks…All these old Shanghai custom paintings are created by famous comic painter, He Youzhi, and these pictures are displayed on the walls of Yuyuan Station of line 10, reminding people of those long ago days.China Arts Museum of Line 8 was opened in 2012, the whole station in bight red. Beside, the other symbols on the walls and ceilings, the design of patterns are also borrowed from some traditional cultural elements.The Line 17 goes directly to Zhujiajiao, As one of the four famous cultural towns, Zhujiajiao has a time-honoured long history. Chinese style grilles( 栅格) have been used to make the ceiling of the station, and the walls are painted green and blue , the colours you can see on ancient chinas ,showing that people are still enjoying their peaceful life in the old town.The Natural History Museum Station of Line 13 is just next to the museum that has long been loved by kids. The cartoon design of big whale, caves, dinosaur skeleton, etc, are used on the roof, thus, people’s imagination has been activated.Metro stations are the "giant containers" that deeply buried underground. It witnesses the busy city quietly, seeing people coming and going. Have you ever cared about the appearance of these metro stations? Which one is your favourite?69. There are ______ metro stations in Shanghai mentioned in the passage.A.3B.4C.5D.670. The "underground city" in paragraph I probably refers to ______.A.a city undergroundB.the metro lines and stations in ShanghaiC.ShanghaiD.giant containers buried underground71. The phrase "a footnote" in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to “________ ”.A.photoB.bookC.mirrorD.guide72. All the following metro stations decorated with traditional cultural elements EXCEPT ________.A.the China Arts Museum StationB.the Natural History Museum StationC.Zhujiajiao StationD.Xintiandi Station73. Tom is interested in dinosaurs. You may suggest he take________to visit the museum.A. Line 1B. Line 8C. Line 10D. Line 1374. The main purpose of the passage is to_________.A. call on people to take the undergroundB. describe places of interest in ShanghaiC. provide information of transportation for tourristsD. introduce the metro stations in ShanghaiVI. Reading comprehension（阅读理解）（共50分）A.Choose the best answer（根据短文内容, 选择最恰当的答案）（共12分）What is beauty? Ideas of beauty change over time, differ from country to country and differ from male to female. People have always tried to make themselves look beautiful and attractive.Cosmetics(化妆品）have been used in every country in the world, even in ancient times. The Egyptians used coal to make a thick, dark eye make-up. Their skin was softened with milk and honey and they put oil on their skin to protect it from the sun. By the 1100s, the use of cosmetics had spread to Europe where many women used flour to make their skin look pale. Cosmetics, of course, are still used widely across the world today by women and even by men.In China, a sign of beauty and the mark of a wealthy woman used to be tiny feet. Foot-binding (裹月）” began between the ages of four and seven. In two years, the process came to an end. The perfectly bound foot was only three inches long and was very painful. Women who had their feet bound could hardly walk. Although foot-binding no longer exists, women still damage their feet for beauty. These days, many women choose to wear high-heeled shoes. However, many are not aware of the damage that can be done to their feet and knees.People have always done different things to change the shape of their bodies. In the past, some women used to wear some corsets to make their waists look smaller. A corset was a form of underwear, often made of whale bone and even metal. Although the old-fashioned corset made the。