Both of Jessica's parents were lawyers and expected her to follow suit. So she went to law school, got a job at a great firm in Washington, DC, and worked as a lawyer for a decade. But her heart was never in it. “I had a big salary but no personal satisfaction,” she says.Jessica found pleasure in the same thing that had brought her joy since joining the church choir at the age of 12. “Singing always felt like communicating something real at a spiritual and emotional level,” says Jessica. Yet she never considered it a career option.” That seemed like something people did in fairy tales, and I would never let my parents down.” She says.It was her mom's diagnosis of brain cancer in 2009 that made Jessica realize she had to write her own happy-ever-after.” Work was busy and my mother was ailing. So I was flying back and forth from Washington, DC to Houston to see her,” Jessica says. “I finally said, “ enough!” and quit.” While caring for her mom, Jessica made a plan. She would spend her savings and study music for a year, and then open a part-time law practice so she could pursue her passion. Before her mother passed away two years later, she encouraged Jessica to follow her dream. Her song Live This Life was inspired by her mom, and her dad came to watch her perform at clubs.In 2012, Jessica moved to Nashville to try singing and songwriting. A decade of presenting cases in court gave her the confidence to sing for a crowd. “At 20, I would have been too shy to perform,” says Jessica.“Doing music is so free.” Jessica says. “There's no pressure to be a star. Success, to me, isn'ta dollar amount or a record deal; it's doing what I love.”1.Which of the following is TRUE?A.Jessica didn't really like working as a lawyer.B.Jessica didn't know what she truly loved for ten years.C.Jessica wasn't satisfied with the pay she got as a lawyerD.Jessica was grateful for her parents' arrangement for her2.What does the underlined word “ailing” in Paragraph 3 mean?A.Sick B, Crazy. C. Worried D. unhappy3.What was Jessica's mother's attitude toward her singing?A, Unknown B. Doubtful C. Supportive D. Negative4.By telling Jessica's story, the writer most probably wants to .A.Encourage us to pursue our dreamsB.Show that singing can be a practical careerC.Tell us the importance of choosing a right jobD.Show that family members' support is important参考答案：AACAOn April 22, 2012, I jumped from an airplane 13,000 feet up. What was the purpose? It was just to overcome my fear of heights.Seven years ago, when I went to France, I couldn't go up the Eiffel Tower because I was afraid. It seemed so high. I wanted to overcome my fear, so I could dare to go skydiving(跳伞). At first, I didn't think I could, but I finally made it.I don't think that I could have jumped out of that plane without the encouragement of my wonderful friends and classmates—Yucel and Tatiana! It was a pity that we couldn't jump together. However, as we prepared to jump, there was something special among us—a special bond.I made a reservation(预定) to go skydiving one week before the day of my jump. I felt nervous during the whole week, kind of blue; but mysteriously. When it was the moment to jump from the airplane, I didn't feel any fear… I just jumped! That was awesome! Awesome!There was a whole new world and the beautiful sky. I had never seen such a beautiful world!!! First, I felt an awful acceleration(加速度), and then I felt like I was lying in the air… like a bird! I think it was an illusion, but it was wonderful!The oncoming wind blew me strongly. It was amazing! After about 50 seconds of freefall, the parachute opened. When I landed on the ground, I felt a lack of oxygen. It was difficult to breathe in during the freefall.I was so glad that I survived and was able to overcome my fear! Everything went well! If possible, I want to jump again. My first jump is an outstanding memory for me.1. What could be the best title for the passage?A.Overcoming Fear of HeightsB.Not Daring to Go up the Eiffel TowerC.Jumping from a PlaneD. A Special Bond with Friends2. By saying "I finally made it", the author means ___________________________A.he gave up going skydiving in the endB.at last he succeeded in skydivingC.he made up his mind in the endD.he finally made a reservation3. The author felt it a pity that___________________________A.he couldn't encourage his friendsB.he couldn't jump with his friendsC.he didn't climb the Eiffel TowerD.he had made the reservation earlier4. How did the author feel when it was time for him to jump?A.He was a little afraid.B.He was worried.C.He was nervous.D.He was very calm.5. Why did the author feel a lack of oxygen when he was landing on the ground?A.Because he was falling for about a minute.B.Because it was his first time to do so.C.Because people breathe in less air when falling freely.D.Because the wind was blowing him strongly.参考答案：1. A 2. B 3. B 4. D 5. CGood hobbies can bring a lot of pleasure to kids and their parents. Hobbies are things that a person likes to do in his spare time. Some kids like swimming or playing sports, while others may like quieter hobbies such as reading, music, cooking, computer games or board games (棋类游戏). Older kids who can read might enjoy the guitar or the piano, while younger ones might enjoy playing the toy drums and singing along.Good hobbies for kids can be any type of activity that is beneficial for their over-all growth and has been proven to help them later in life, including self-confidence and any skills that they might learn. When choosing hobbies, parents should remember not to push kids too hard, otherwise they might give up before they really try the hobbies. Also you should give your kids the right to choose hobbies by themselves.Good hobbies are something that will grow with your kids, stretching(使发挥全部本领) and challenging them enough to keep them interested, but do not take them away from their school work. Instead, good hobbies can help to improve their homework.Also some hobbies are appropriate only for certain age groups, and can be very good for developing specific areas. For example, some musical instruments are age-specific. Older kids who can read might enjoy the guitar or the piano, while younger ones might enjoy playing the toy drums and singing along.Take my own experience as a working parent, my daughter started a new hobby in 6th grade. It has turned out to be a good thing for her self-confidence and mental ability. So trying a wide variety of hobbies, maybe one at a time, can be a good thing for everyone.1. It can be inferred from the passage that ___________________________A.good hobbies can be developed very easilyB.kids are not good at choosing good hobbiesC.kids of different ages enjoy different hobbiesD.boys and girls enjoy different hobbies2. In the last paragraph, the writer intends to___________________________A.show how clever her daughter isB.show the results of choosing a good hobbyC.suggest what a good hobby isD.suggest that she is a good parent3. The underlined word "appropriate" most probably means___________________________A.beneficialB. necessaryC. helpfulD. proper4. The writer's attitude towards good hobbies is___________________________A. doubtfulB. worriedC. neutralD. positive参考答案：1---4 CBDDPassage 4Stamp collecting is a hobby of mine. Since I have spent a large amount of money on this hobby, a friend asked me whether I regard stamp collecting as a hobby or investment.My interest in stamps goes back to the days when I was a little boy admiring the beautiful little pieces of paper stuck on the top right corners of envelopes. As I grew to take a more than superficial interest in stamps, my stamp collection grew in quantity and quality, especially after I started earning an income and became able to buy the stamps that I loved and could afford. I discovered the difficulty of having to store the stamps. It is expensive to buy the tools needed to properly collect, store and display stamps.So far, my hobby has gone from being a little boy's love of beautiful pieces of paper to a more specialized(专门的) and intentional effort to collect stamps based on selected countries and themes.I now have an outstanding collection that includes a priceless collection of a particular country's stamps. I cannot put a price to it because very few others have an interest in that country's stamps, and the only similar collection I have seen is in a museum.So would one consider my interest in stamp collecting a hobby or investment? I think it could be seen in both ways. I enjoy stamp collecting as a hobby that could turn out to be highly profitable investment.1. As a boy, the writer began to collect stamps because ___________________________A.he had enough moneyB.he liked the stampsC.he thought it as an investmentD.he often received letters2. What does the writer think his collections of stamps are like?A.Similar.B.Unique.C.Priceless.D.Superficial.3. What difficulty did the writer meet with in his stamp collecting?A.Buying good stamps.B.Having similar collections.C.Collecting stamps based on certain themes.D.Getting the tools needed to store stamps.4. What does the writer mean in his last sentence?A.He thinks stamp collecting could be more interesting.B.He doesn't regard stamp collecting as a potential investment.C.Stamp collecting is his hobby now, but can also bring him some money.D.Some people regard stamp collecting as a hobby while others an investment.参考答案：1-4 BBDCAre all your photographs good？Be honest with yourself. Aren’t some of your pictures too dark, and others too light？How many times have you thrown away a photo？We, the Fine Photograph Club, can help you. We meet every Wednesday in our comfortable club room in Bridge Street. At 7:30 p.m. a member of the club or a visitor would give a talk, and then we have coffee. Our members will advise you on all the latest cameras and films. They will help you to develop your films or enlarge your pictures. What does it all cost？Only 5 pounds a year.Photography is now a big business. Do you know, for instance, that there are 15 million cameras in our country？And that 700 million photographs are taken a year, more than one-third of them in color？Think of the amount of photography in television, the cinema, newspapers, books, advertisements and so on. In modern life people learn a lot from pictures, so photography is more and more important. It is also more complicated and more expensive than it used to be. You may only want to take good photographs of faces and places. If so, we can help you to get better results. You needn’t waste any more money. If you want to learn more about photography and how it is used, join the club please. You won’t be disappointed. Write now to the Secretary, Fine Photograph Club. Bridge Street.1. The purpose of passage is to _____.A. show people how to take fine picturesB. tell people photography is now a big businessC. tell people the club can do many things for youD. encourage people to join the photograph club2. If you want to join the club, you _____.A. must be good at photographyB. must know about the latest cameras and filmsC. must pay a little money a yearD. must be honest with yourself3. You are able to be honest so that you can_____.A. say if your photos are good or badB. tell how much money you wasteC. help the Fine Photograph ClubD. know the latest development in cameras4. The club can give the following service except _____.A. coffeeB. amusementC. adviceD. information5.Which statement of the following is true？A. If you are a member of Fine Photograph Club, it will cost you only 5 pounds to buy a camera.B. All the members of Fine Photograph Club can take free photographs of faces and places.C. More than a third of 700 million color photographs are taken a year.D. If you write to the photograph club, you will be very good at photographing.参考答案：DCABCHabits, whether good or bad, are gradually formed. When a person does a certain thing again, he is driven by some unseen force to do the same thing repeatedly, then a habit is formed. Once a habit is formed, it is difficult, and sometimes impossible, to get rid of. It is therefore very important that we should pay great attention to the formation of habits. Children often form bad habits, some of which remain with them as long as they live. Older persons also form bad habits lasting as long as they live, and sometimes become ruined by them.There are other habits which, when formed in early life, are of great help. Many successful men say that much of their success has something to do with certain habits in early life, such as early rising, honesty and so on.Among the habits which children should not form are laziness, lying, stealing and so on. These are all easily formed habits. Unfortunately older persons often form habits which could have been avoided(避免).We should keep away from(远离) all these bad habits, and try to form such habits as will be good for ourselves and others.1. ________ are formed little by little.A. Good habitsB. Bad habitsC. Both good habits and bad habitsD. Either good habits or bad habits2. The underlined word "them" in the first paragraph refers to ________.A. bad habitsB. good habitsC. childrenD. other persons3. Generally speaking, it's difficult for one ________ and easy for them ________ which should be avoided.A. to form bad habits; to form good habitsB. to form good habits; to form bad habitsC. to form such habits as will be good; to get rid of bad habitsD. to get rid of bad habits; to form good habits4. Why should we pay much attention to the formation of habits?A. Because habits are of great help to every one of us.B. Because a man can never get rid of a habit.C. Because it's hard and sometimes even impossible to throw away bad habits.D. Because we are forced to do them again and again.5. According to the passage, early rising ________.A. has something to do with successB. is an easily formed habitC. is such a habit as should have been avoidedD. is such a habit as will be kept参考答案：1-5 ABBCDPassage 7I'll be a photographer. I'm going to bring bits of Australia back home with me. I told myself this before, yet I feel so doubtful on this plane that's flying me thousands of miles away. I was so confident yesterday .But today I don't belong to this plane where men sit with briefcases reading newspapers. They're all adults.I've never been out of the US. And now ,I'm traveling into Australia alone, a world I know nothing about. A part of me recognizes it as home.I remember little about my mother, but I remember she had an Australian accent and golden hair. She wan fun and she would often take us to New Jersey beaches, where we would spend the whole day taking walks along the shore. My mom told me that in Australia, Christmas was always spent on the beach with friends and family, and everyone wore Santa hat with their bathing suits. It never got cold and bitter there. My mom was different and I was proud of her.I don't know how she met my father. but after they met several years, they got married and moved into an apartment in New Jersey. Then I was born and we were a perfect family of three who went out to dinner and watched movies in the dark and loved each other.I know things have been hard on my father since my Mom died years ago. It's hard for me, too, and I have to experience the wonderful place my mom grew up in and loved. My mom talked about Australia so much and now I have to see this place.This is an adventure.1.How did the author feel when he was on the plane?A. ConfidentB. FoolishC. DoubtfulD. Childish2. The author traveled to Australia alone mainly because he wanted to__.A. search his fortune thereB. find more about his motherC. look for his grandparents thereD. find more about this wonderful place3.The third paragraph is mainly concerned with__.A. the author's first impression of AustraliaB. the author's brief impression of his motherC. the reason why the author loved his motherD. the difference between his mother and father4.What can we learn from the passage?A. The author writes this passage to honor his mother.B. The author decides to learn taking photos in Australia.C. The author had a good time when his mother was still alive.D. The author didn't like to live with his father after his mother died.5.Where did the author most probably write this passage?A. In America.B. In Australia.C. At homeD. On the Plane参考答案：1--- 5 CDBCDYou want to know about my staying in America, right? Well, to tell you the truth,it is really an eye-opening experience to study here.In China, I had English classes five times a week since fifth grade. However, I didn’t know how different textbook English could be from everyday English until I came to Hotchkiss School, Connecticut.When I first studied English, I was told to say,”I am fine” when people say “How are you?” But in the US, I found that people say, “I am good” or “I’m tired”.One day, someone greeted me with “What’s up?” It made me confused . I thought for a moment and then smiled because I didn’t know what to say.Since then, I have discovered more and more differences between Chinese and US cultures.To my surprise, US girls spend a lot of time in the burning sun to get a tan(晒黑). However, in China, girls try every possible way to get their skin paler, or “whiter”.I was also surprised by how hardworking US students are 。