阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。
A
A year ago August, Dave Fuss lost his job driving a truck for asmall company in west Michigan. His wife, Gerrie, was still workingin the local school cafeteria, but work for Dave was scarce, andthe price of everything was rising. The Fusses were at risk ofjoining the millions of Americans who have lost their homes inrecent years. Then Dave and Gerrie received a timely gift — $7,000, a legacy (遗产) from their neighbors Ish and Arlene Hatch, whodied in an accident. “It really made a difference when we weregoing under financially.” says Dave.
But the Fusses weren’t the only folks in Alto and theneighboring town of Lowell to receive unexpected legacy from theHatches. Dozens of other families were touched by the Hatches’generosity. In some cases, it was a few thousand dollars; inothers, it was more than $100,000.
It surprised nearly everyone that the Hatches had so much money,more than $3 million — they were an elderly couple who lived in anold house on what was left of the family farm.
Children of the Great Depression, Ish and Arlene were known fortheir habit of saving. They thrived on (喜欢) comparison shopping andwould routinely go from store to store，checking prices beforemaking a new purchase.
Through the years, the Hatches paid for local children to attendsummer camp when their parents couldn’ t afford it. “Ish and Arlenenever asked if you needed anything.” says their friend Sandy VanWeelden,
Even more extraordinary was that the Hatches had their farmlanddistributed. It was the Hatches’ wish that their legacy — a legacyof kindness as much as one of dollars and cents —should enrich thewhole community (社区) and last for generations to come.
Neighbors helping neighbors — that was Ish and Arlene Hatch’ sstory.
1. According to the text, the Fusses ________.
A. were employed by a truck company
C. worked in a schoolcafeteria
2. Which of the following is true of the Hatches?
A. They had their children during the Great Depression.
B. They left the family farm to live in an old house.
C. They gave away their possessions to their neighbors.
D. They helped their neighbors to find jobs.
3. Why would the Hatches routinely go from store to store?
A. They decided to open a store.
B. They wanted to save money.
C. They couldn’t afford expensive things.
D. They wanted to buy gifts for local kids.
4. According to Sandy Van Weelden, the Hatches were________.
A. understanding
C. childlike
5. What can we learn from the text?
A. The community of Alto was poor.
B. The summer camp was attractive to the parents.
C. Sandy Van Weelden got a legacy from the Hatches.
D. The Hatches would like the neighbors to follow theirexample.
B
The evidence for harmony may not be obvious in some families.But it seems that four out of five young people now get on withtheir parents, which is the opposite of the popularly-held image ofunhappy teenagers locked in their room after endless familyquarrels.
An important new study into teenage attitudes surprisingly showsthat their family life is more harmonious than it has ever been inthe past. “We were surprised by just how positive today’s youngpeople seem to be about their families,” said one member of theresearch team. “They’re expected to be rebellious (叛逆的) and selfishbut actually they have other things on their minds; they want a carand material goods, and they worry about whether school is servingthem well. There’s more negotiation (商议) and discussion betweenparents and children, and children expect to take part in thefamily decision-making process. They don’t want to rock theboat.”
So it seems that this generation of parents is much more likelythan parents of 30 years ago to treat their children as friends.“My parents are happy to discuss things with me and willing tolisten to me,” says 17-year-old Daniel Lazall, “I always tell themwhen I’m going out clubbing. As long as they know what I’m doing,they’re fine with it.” Susan Crome, who is now 21, agrees. “Lookingback on the last 10 years, there was a lot of what you could callnegotiation. For example, as long as I’d done all my homework, Icould go out on a Saturday night. But I think my grandparents werea lot stricter with my parents than that.”
Maybe this positive view of family life should not beunexpected. It is possible that the idea of teenage rebellion isnot rooted in real facts. A researcher comments, “Our surprise thatteenagers say they get along well with their parents comes becauseof a brief period in our social history when teenagers wereregarded as different beings. But that idea of rebelling andbreaking away from their parents really only happened during thatone time in the 1960s when everyone rebelled. The normal situationthroughout history has been a smooth change from helping out withthe family business to taking it over.”
6. What is the popular image of teenagers today?
7. The study shows that teenagers don’t want to________.
8. Compared with parents of 30 years ago, today’sparents________.
9. According to the author, teenage rebellion ________.
10. What is the passage mainly about?
C
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A mysterious company named Sabre, headed by an attractive,stubborn CEO （Kathy Bates）, appears out of nowhere and buys outDunder Mifflin. As Michael is unwilling to follow Sabre's newpolicies, Andy and Erin write a welcome song to greet the company.Meanwhile, Pam and Jim hope to get accepted into a desired localday-care center.
So Maya's pregnant and wants to have the baby. What to do now?Dink （Stephen Lunsford）, the boy who did his part to get her intothis mess, has a solution: He wants to marry her. You can imaginehow Sam and Naomi will feel about that. And if that won't raise thehistrionic level enough for you, how about this: A couple has twodying daughters, and only one can be saved. Their choice. And BrianBenben is back, so expect more Pete-Violet- Sheldon angst.
11. Edna is crazy about pop stars, so she will most likelychoose ________ to enjoy.
12. From the passage, we can learn that Dunder Mifflin is________.
13. According to the passage, Surviving Survivor is mostprobably ________.
14.The above programs ________.
D
Most of us spend our lives seeking the natural world. To thisend, we walk the dog, play golf, go fishing, sit in the garden,drink outside rather than inside the pub, have a picnic, live inthe suburbs, go to the seaside, buy a weekend place in the country.The most popular free time activity in Britain is going for a walk.And when joggers (慢跑者) jog, they don’t run the streets. Every oneof them automatically heads to the park or the river. It is my firmbelief that not only do we all need nature, but we all seek nature,whether we know we are doing so or not.
But despite this, our children are growing up nature-deprived(丧失). I spent my boyhood climbing trees. These days, children arerobbed of these ancient freedoms, due to problems like crime,traffic, the loss of the open spaces and strange new ideas aboutwhat is best for children, that is to say, things that can bebought, rather than things that can be found.
The truth is to be found elsewhere. A study in the US: familieshad moved to better housing and the children were assessed for ADHD(多动症). Those whose housing had more natural views showed animprovement of 19%; those who had the same improvement in materialsurroundings but no nice view improved just 4%.
A study in Sweden indicated that kindergarten children who couldplay in a natural environment had less illness and greater physicalability than children used only to a normal playground. A US studysuggested that when a school gave children access to a naturalenvironment, the entire school would do better in studies.
Another study found that children play differently in a naturalenvironment. In playgrounds, children create a hierarchy (等级) basedon physical abilities, with the tough ones taking the lead. Butwhen a grassy area was planted with bushes, the children got muchmore into fantasy play, and the social hierarchy was now based onimagination and creativity.
Most bullying (恃强凌弱) is found in schools where there is a tarmac(柏油碎石) playground; the least bullying is in a natural area that thechildren are encouraged to explore. This reminds me unpleasantly ofSunnyhill School, with its hard tarmac, where I used to hang aboutin corners dreaming about wildlife.
But children are frequently discouraged from involvement withnatural spaces, for health and safety reasons, for fear that theymight get dirty or that they might cause damage. So, instead, thedamage is done to the children themselves: not to their bodies butto their souls.
One of the great problems of modern childhood is ADHD, nowincreasingly and expensively treated with drugs. Yet one studyafter another indicates that contact with nature gives hugebenefits to ADHD children. However, we spend money on drugs ratherthan on green places.
The life of old people is much better when they have access tonature. The most important for the growing population of old peopleis in quality rather than quantity of years. And study after studyfinds that a garden is the single most important thing in findingthat quality.
In wider and more difficult areas of life, there is evidence toindicate that natural surroundings improve all kinds of things.Even problems with crime and aggressive behaviour are reduced whenthere is contact with the natural world.
Dr William Bird, researcher from the Royal Society for theProtection of Birds, states in his study, “A natural environmentcan reduce violent behaviour because its process helps reduce angerand behavior that people might regret later.” Wild places needencouraging for this reason, no matter how small theircontribution.
We tend to think human beings are doing nature some kind offavour when we are protecting nature. The error here is far toodeep: not only do humans need nature for themselves, but the veryidea that humanity and the natural world are separable things isdamaging.
Human beings are a species of animals. For seven million yearswe lived on the planet as part of nature. So we miss the naturalworld and long for contact with non-human life. Anyone who haspatted a dog, stroked a cat, sat under a tree with a glass of beer,given or received a bunch of flowers or chosen to walk through thepark on a nice day, understands that.
15. What is the author’s firm belief?
A. People seek nature in different ways.
B. People should spend most of their lives in the wild.
C. People have quite different ideas of nature.
D. People must make more efforts to study nature.
16. What does the author say people prefer for their childrennowadays?
A. Personal freedom.
C. Urbansurroundings.
17. What does a study in Sweden show?
A. The natural environment can help children learn better.
B. More access to nature makes children less likely to fallill.
C. A good playground helps kids develop their physicalabilities.
D. Natural views can prevent children from developingADHD.
18. Children who have chances to explore natural areas________.
A. tend to develop a strong love for science
B. are more likely to dream about wildlife
C. tend to be physically tougher in adulthood
D. are less likely to be involved in bullying
19. What does the author suggest we do to help children withADHD?
A. Find more effective drugs for them.
B. Provide more green spaces for them.
C. Place them under more personal care.
D. Engage them in more meaningful activities.
20. In what way do elderly people benefit from their contactwith nature?
A. They look on lifeoptimistically.
C. They are able to live longer.
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