If you are doing a thing that doesn’t challenge you, then it doesn’t change you. We all need some normal

Stress in our lives, after all.1. So challenge the following limits:

1. Figure out what you’re scared of and do it continuously.

If you’re a salesman, and you’re scared of talking to people personally or over the phone, now, instead of being scared and thinking you’ll fail, spend at least five minutes a day to pick up the phone and make a call.2. But don’t stop on the first try! Eventually, you can look at fear in the eyes and say, “Go on, I’m not scared!”

2. Take a class for a hobby you’ve been wanting to develop.

Make sure this hobby is not linked to your career; you have to relax and relieve your stress while performing this.3. Apart from helping you challenge yourself, taking a classyou’re your hobby may also give you extra income.

3.4.

You don’t need to go to the gym. A simple 9-minute run around your neighborhood can do wonders for yourself. Exercise can not only help you maintain your regular weight, but also make you feel better about yourself.

4. Travel and allow yourself to be interested in new people.

Don’t just limit yourself to your fellow travelers-try to connect with the service staff. You never know what kind of people they’re going to be. Get out of your house or go online right now to book your class. 5.

A. It’s time to travel and learn to challenge yourself.

B. Do it continuously and never give up.

C. You will never get improved if keeping yourself in your safe area.

D. Some examples might be cooking, sewing, painting and so on.

E. Exercise at a set time and a set place.

F. Maybe you will be hanged up on by someone.

G. Put aside several minutes a day to do physical exercise.

“Who can ever have imagined that someone like me would make it this far?” asked Chad Wood last week during his high school graduation speech as the best student. Chad offered ______ to his fellow classmates to never give up-and the words ______ much more to himself. That’s because Chad is deaf, and he told the story of the serious troubles he ______ to graduate first in his class at Harrison High school in Kennesaw, Georgia.

Chad didn’t start to ______ until he was 5, according to his mother, Pam Wood. Although her son was ______ a disadvantage, she was determined not to treat him ______.“I’ve expected him to do everything every other kid does, and I saw no ______ why he couldn’t,” she told ABC News.“And if he ______ the first time, we just tried again.”

Chad, 17, worked hard throughout school, ______ no special treatment but sitting at the front of the class and using a special audio system so he could hear the teacher. All his hard work ______. He received full school fare to Vanderbilt University. “Deafness had taught me a lesson to never ______ ,” he said in the speech. ”Not when the experts tell you it cannot be done. Not when you have ______ so far behind that escaping seems the only way ______. Not when achieving your dreams seems an entire ______.”

Chad spoke for about four minutes, after which he received a standing applause from the class and ______ messages from family, friends and strangers. “They’ve been sending me messages on Facebook, email; they’ve been talking to me in person telling me how it had a ______ on their lives and how they’re really ______ by it,” Chad told ABC News. “It feels ______. Seeing that my words ______ have a power on someone and that they want to work harder ______ my words makes me feel wonderful.”

1.A. warning B. description C. advice D. information

2.A. analysed B. meant C. recognized D. persuaded

3.A. needed B. faced C. consisted D. foresaw

4.A. cry B. write C. smell D. hear

5.A. at B. for C. under D. by

6.A. deadly B. kindly C. differently D. similarly

7.A. harm B. reason C. trouble D. conclusion

8.A. failed B. organized C. succeed D. blamed

9.A. receive B. receiving C. to receive D. received

10.A. set off B. dropped off C. took off D. paid off

11.A. give in B. give up C. give out D. give away

12.A. waited B. walked C. fallen D. gone

13.A. up B. off C. in D. out

14.A. impossibility B. success C. victory D. possibility

15.A. scientific B. negative C. supportive D. cautious

16.A. reward B. power C. source D. detail

17.A. defeated B. exposed C. educated D. puzzled

18.A. unwilling B. amazing C. shocking D. embarrassing

19.A. actually B. suddenly C. strangely D. extremely

20.A. apart from B. according to C. instead of D. because of

Hello, and welcome to our program of successful business women.

Today, we are looking at the of Maria Silvers, the 1. (found) of a chain of coffee bars. She comes from Singapore, 2. later moved to London with her family. Her father, 3. was a factory manager, filled her a(n) 4. (believe) in hard work. Maria studied political science at university. After 5. (leave) university, she became a teacher. When her father died, she went to New York for a break. Every morning, she’d go to a coffee bar.

When she got back to London she realized that there 6. (be) nothing like those coffee bars. So she decided 7. (give) up her job and do something about it. She opened the first coffee bar in 1995, and her 8. (succeed) was quick. She opened ten more the 9. (follow) year. Now she is proud of her success and plans to open eighty more 10. the eighty-five she already had. And Maria is only 33 years old.

此题要求改正所给短文中的错误。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。请按下列要求改正：

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（^），并在其下面写出该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线（﹨）划掉。

修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；

2.只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

Today is Tom’s 70th birthday, but there is anybody with him. He feels very disappointing. His sons didn’t care for him on this special day. Although the cakes are very delicious, but he doesn’t want to touch it. He just wants his children come and see him. Nowadays, many young people are so busy and independent which they seldom visit their parents. But blood is thick than water. Our dear parents brought us up for a lot of difficulty. Thus, we should and must bring happy to them when they become old.

假如你是李雷。你的好友韩梅梅因不擅长与别人交流，感到非常痛苦。最近，她来信向你求助。请你根据一下提示给她写一封建议信，鼓励她走出困境。主要内容应包括：

1.我们周围不擅长交流的人挺多的，劝她不必为此事苦恼；

2.告诉她与别人有效地交流是很重要的。与她人搞好关系，可以有助于我们的学习，还能增加成功的机会；

3.结合自身，给出合理的建议鼓励她走出困境。

注意：1.字数：100字左右；

2.可以适当增加细节，使行文连贯。

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Clare College Cambridge

Clare is the second oldest college in Cambridge University, having initially been founded in 1326 and refounded by Elizabeth de Clare in 1338. Today, we uphold her educational and social goals and College is a booming community of over 100 Fellows, 450 undergraduate students, 200 graduate students and 100 staff.

The College welcomes visitors, but please remember it is a working environment supporting academic scholarship. We hope you will enjoy the beauty of the gardens and buildings, but it is essential that visitors:

1. conduct themselves quietly around the College;

2. avoid blocking paths or doorways;

3. do not enter areas marked “Private” or “Closed”.

Historic buildings have steep steps and some rough surfaces. So please mind your steps. Please help to maintain the appearance of the College grounds by:

4. not picnicking or dropping litter;

5. keeping to the pathways in Old Court;

6. not smoking while on the College grounds.

The Porters cabins provide first aid facilities. Unfortunately, Clare College does not have public toilets.

Photography

Visitors may use hand held cameras. Photography for commercial purposes requires prior permission in writing from the Head Porter.

Preservation and Donations

Clare College receives no state funding for the preservation of these historic buildings and gardens, but relies instead on donations. If you would like to support the work of the College, its buildings or gardens. Please contact the Development Office (http: www. clarealumni.com). We welcome inquires.

1.From the writing we can learn that Clare College ________.

A. mainly gets the money from donators and the government

B. only opens part of her buildings and gardens to the public

C. enjoys a growing reputation as the second largest in Cambridge University

D. welcomes cameramen to take photos on campus for different purposes

2.Suppose you are a tour guide with a group at Clare College, which of the following might truly put you to trouble?

A. A couple insist enjoying their lunch on the lawn.

B. An elderly woman falls off the steps and hurts herself.

C. Some tourists keep exchanging ideas in a loud voice.

D. A child needs to go to the bathroom suddenly.

3.We can most probably get this piece of writing from ________.

A. the main entrance of Clare College

B. the academic website of Cambridge University

C. the Development Office of Clare College

D. the Head Porter of Cambridge University

There’s something rotten in Rio and the smell is coming from the huge stacks of rubbish piled up on sidewalks all over the city. Rio's street sweepers chose the carnival holiday to demand better salaries. Their wages start at roughly $400 a month.

There could hardly be a better time for them to prove their importance. The streets were left a mess after hundreds of carnival parades and now, rubbish pries up in both poor and uptown neighborhoods and in tourist areas like Ipanema or Copacabana beach.

The president of Rio's rubbish collecting company has even appealed to the population to store rubbish at home whenever possible. He says 30% of the city's sweepers have gone on strike. Some of those who have been working have been threatened by the strike movement so now the police have been deployed alongside rubbish collectors to keep them sage as they go about their business.

The strike has divided opinions in Rio. On social media, many support the sweepers' demands for better salaries. Others say they are opportunists and the situation is a big embarrassment to the city.

But Brazil's culture of littering the streets doesn't help. A video that went viral online shows that even authorities have a problem with that. Rio's mayor, Eduardo Paes, is seen throwing what seemed to be the rest of an apple on the sidewalk—and now promised to impose himself a fine for his wrongdoing. His government recently created a programme to keep Rio's residents from littering the streets.

1.Rio's street cleaners go on strike to ________.

A. prove their importance B. ask for higher salaries

C. appeal to the public not to litter D. threaten the government

2.The reason why the police are involved is that ________.

A. the police are called out to put down the strike

B. the police are called up to collect rubbish for the time being

C. the police are required to protect some cleaners

D. the police are sent to arrest people who litter around

3.The author's attitude to Brazil's culture of littering is ________.

A. critical B. objective

C. supportive D. optimistic

4.The purpose of writing the passage is to ________.

A. criticize street sweepers of Rio for misusing their rights

B. call attention to the embarrassing situation of Rio

C. describe the effect or the strike on people

D. inform people of the present situation of Rio

The sharing economy, represented by companies like Airbnb or Uber, is the latest fashion craze. But many supporters have overlooked the reality that this new business model is largely based on escaping regulations and breaking the law.

Airbnb is an internet-based service that allows people to rent out spare rooms to strangers for short stays. Uber is an internet taxi service that allows thousands of people to answer ride requests with their own cars. There are hundreds of other such services.

The good thing about the sharing economy is that it promotes the use of underused resources. Millions of people have houses or apartments with empty rooms, and Airbnb allows them to profit from these rooms while allowing guests a place to stay at prices that are often far less than those charged by hotels. Uber offers prices that are competitive with standard taxi prices and their drivers are often much quicker and more trustworthy.

But the downside of the sharing economy has gotten much less attention. Most cities and states both tax and regulate hotels, and the tourists who stay in hotels are usually an important source of tax income. But many of Airhnb’s customers are not paying the taxes required under the law.

Airbnb can also raise issues of safety for its customers and I trouble for hosts' neighbors. Hotels are regularly inspected(检查) to ensure that they are not fire traps and that they don't form other risks for visitors. Airbnb hosts face no such inspections.

Since Airbnb is allowing people to escape taxes and regulations, the company is simply promoting thefts. Others in the economy will lose by bearing an additional tax burden or being forced to live next to an apartment unit with a never-ending series of noisy visitors.

The same story may apply with Uber. Uber is currently in disputes over whether its cars meet the safety and insurance requirements imposed on standard taxis. Also, if Uber and related services flood the market, they could harm all taxi drivers' ability to earn a minimum wage.

This downside of the sharing needs to be taken seriously, but that doesn't mean the current tax and regulatory structure is perfect.

1.What is the positive thing about the sharing economy?

A. It makes use of spare resources.

B. It is beyond regulations.

C. It is a global trend.

D. It brings in modest profits.

2.What is the problem with Airbnb customers according to the passage?

A. They are not regularly inspected.

B. They may disturb hosts’ neighbours.

C. They are not allowed to escape taxes.

D. They are likely to commit thefts.

3.What is the argument over Uber according to the passage?

A. Whether it lowers customers' expenses.

B. Whether it provides reliable services.

C. Whether it guarantees customers' safety.

D. Whether it can compete with standard taxis.

4.What will be talked about in the following paragraphs?

A. Existing regulations and laws.

B. Necessary improvements of current laws.

C. Further development of Airbnb and Uber.

D. More downsides of Airbnb and Uber.

Professor Barry Wellman of the University of Toronto in Canada has invented a term to describe the way many North Americans interact (互动) these days. The term is "networked individualism". This concept is not easy to understand because the words seem to have opposite meanings. How can we be individuals (个体) and be networked at the same time? You need other people for networks.

Here is what Professor Wellman means. Before the invention of the Internet and e-mail, our social networks included live interactions with relatives, neighbors, and friends. Some of the interaction was by phone, but it was still voice to voice, person to person, in real time.

A recent research study by the Pew Internet and American Life Project showed that for a lot of people, electronic interaction through the computer has replaced this person-to-person interaction. However, a lot of people interviewed for the Pew study say that's a good thing. Why?

In the past, many people were worried that the Internet isolated (孤立) us and caused us to spend too much time in the imaginary world of the computer. But the Pew study discovered that the opposite is true. The Internet connects us with more real people than expected－helpful people who can give advice on careers, medical problems, raising children, and choosing a school or college. About 60 million Americans told Pew that the Internet plays an important role in helping them make major life decisions.

Thanks to the computer. We are able to be alone and together with other people－at the same time!

1.The underlined phrase "networked individualism" probably means that by using computers people ________.

A. have the rights and freedom to do things of their own interest

B. are able to keep to themselves but at the same time reach out to other people

C. do things in their own ways and express opinions different from other people

D. stick to their own ways no matter what other people say

2.It can be inferred from the Pew study that ________.

A. people have been separated from each other by using computers

B. the Internet makes people waste a lot of time and feel very lonely

C. the Internet has become a tool for a new kind of social communication

D. a lot of people regard the person-to-person communication as a good thing.

3.According to the Pew study, what do many people rely on to make major life decision?

A. Parents. B. Friends. C. Phones. D. Network.

4.Which would be the best title for this passage?

A. We're Alone on the Internet B. We're Communicating on the Internet

C. We're Alone Together on the Internet D. We're in the Imaginary World of the Internet

Eat your vegetables. Wash your hands. Always say "please" and "thank you". We are full of advice for our children.1.As a result, our children may grow up with clean hands and good manners, but without any idea how to manage their money.

Here are some basics that will help guide them their entire lives:

Show them the future. If your 13-year-old girl were to save $1,000, invest it at 8% and add $100 every month, by the time she's 65, she would have $980,983!

Be careful of credit. Credit cards can help you buy necessary things and build a credit history, but they must be used responsibly. 2. Explain to your children that when you buy something using a credit card, you can easily end up paying two or three times what you would have paid if you used cash.

3.Suppose your child wants a new bicycle that costs $150. Rather than paying the cash, give him some regular pocket money and explain that by putting aside, say, $15 a week, he will be able to buy it for himself in only ten weeks.

Explain your values. 4.When your child demands that you buy something, explain way you really don't went to buy it. You might say, "I'd rather save that money for your education" 5.

A. Every time you spend or don't spend money, you have a chance to share your values.

B. Provide encouragement.

C. That means paying off your debt in time.

D. Teach patience.

E. Values and money interact.

F. But when it comes to money, we often have little to say.

G. Tell your children the importance of saving.