1、阅读理解（一） This is my son Matthews last night at home before college.I know that this is good news.I feel proud that Matthew will go to a great school.I know that this is his finest hour.But looking at the suitcases on his bed sends me out of the room to a hidden corner where I cant stop crying. Throug
2、h the sorrow， I feel a rising embarrassment.“Pull yourself together！ ” I tell myself.There are parents sending their kids off to battle zones.How dare I feel so shattered? One of the great gifts of my life has been having my boys ， Matthew and Johnowen.Through them， I have explored the mysterious，co
3、mplicated bond between fathers and sons.As my wife and I raised them，I have discovered the love and loss between my father and me.After my parents divorce，I spent weekends with my dad in Ohio.By the time Sunday rolled around，I was unable to enjoy the days activities because I was already afraid of t
4、he goodbye of the evening. Now，standing among Matthews accumulation of possessions，I realize its me who has become a boy again.All my sadness and longing to hold on to things are back， sweeping over me as they did when I was a child. His bed is tidy and spare.It already has the feel of a guest bed.I
5、n my mind I replay wrapping him in his favorite blanket.That was our nightly routine until one evening he said，“Daddy，I dont think I need a blanket tonight.” I think of all the times we lay among the covers reading.I look at the bed and think of all the recent times I was annoyed at how late he was
6、sleeping.Ill never have to worry about that again，I realize. For his part，Matthew has been a rock.He is treating his leaving as just another day at the office.And Im glad.After all，someones got to be strong.Im proud that he is charging into the first chapter of his adult life with such confidence. 1
7、What is the probable meaning of the underlined phrase “Pull yourself together” in Paragraph 2? AGet up.BCheer up. CPull up.DWake up. 2We can infer from the passage that _. Athe writer is accustomed to sleeping early BMatthew doesnt get on well with his father CMatthew is ready for the new life. Dthe
8、 writer wasnt brave enough to face his parentsdivorce 3How does the writer feel about his sons leaving for college? AWorried.BProud. CBittersweet.DRelieved. 4Which of the following can be the best title of the text? AUnavoidable GoodbyeBSweet Memories CGlorious MomentDUnconditional Love 答案：BCCA 阅读理解
9、（二） We all know the feelingyou want to check what someone you care about has been up to on social media, and suddenly you find you are refused. Its the start of mixed feelings - when did this happen? Did I do anything wrong? What are they trying to hide from me? And thats what half of Chinese parent
10、s have to deal with when they try to browse（浏览） their childrens WeChat Moments, also known as Friends Circle. According to a survey by Tencent, about 52 percent of WeChat users aged 18 to 29 block their parents on Moments. The young interviewees said that parents are worried about everything, along
11、with reasons such as fear of parents disagreement, rejection to parents nagging(唠叨 ), and protecting their private life. Xie Yun, a 26-year-old, said that while she didnt block her parents completely, they were in a specific group with which she only shared positive posts. I dont want my parents to
12、see failures in my life, she said. Once her parents saw a Moments picture of her hand getting burned while cooking, and they traveled all the way to her city to make sure she was all right. The report also found that more than 49 percent of Chinese parents use WeChat as a main tool to communicate wi
13、th their children. Roughly 36 percent of the parents who took the survey said they checked every post made by their children. When asked how they would respond to being blocked, some parents said they would start a conversation with their children to find out the reason, while others said they would
14、nt care. And some parents just were shrewder than their kids in this hide-and-seek game online. I didnt realize I was blocked until I compared what I could see on my phone to what my sons aunt could see, said Chen, a mother of a 27-year-old son. I chose to remain silent on this and now Im following
15、my sons posts through his aunt. 1.What causes mixed feelings according to Paragraph 1? A.Stress from being controlled. B.Being turned down on social media. C.Checking social media frequently. D.Anxiety about the safety on social media. 2.What can we know about Xie Yuns Wechat Moments? A.It didnt hav
16、e pictures. B.It only had positive posts. C.It was set to be seen by herself. D.It was open to her parents partly. 3.What does the underlined word”shrewder”mean? A.Calmer.B.SecurerC.SmarterD.Tougher 4.What does the text mainly talk about? A.Tough parent-child communication on Wechat. B.Changes on th
17、e current parent-child relationship. C.Arguments about whether to block parents. D.Ways to avoid blocked on Wechat. 答案：BDCA 七选五（一） Sometimes we turn to others for advice on major career decisions. But they may direct us in the wrong direction. Why does so much career advice end up being misguided? T
18、he problem may start with who we approach for advice. _1_ I have watched many students rely on their parents and grandparents for guidance, forgetting that they were raised in an area when it was common to spend an entire career in one organization. _2_ Its uncertain that they will know whats right
19、for us. Advisers often focus too heavily on their personal preferences and experiences rather than take our perspective(视角). At some point,you have probably noticed that youre wiser when giving advice to others than you are in making decisions for yourself. Youre not alone. _3_ The lesson here is th
20、at one of the most effective ways to get better advice is to give it. Sure enough, researchers find that our reasoning becomes wiser when we think about our own problems from a third-person perspective. Advising others doesnt just help us make better decisions. And it also leaves us more motivated（有
21、动力的） to follow through.In one experiment, it was expected people were more motivated when receiving than giving advice. _4_It was people who gave advice who became more motivated. If you want to get better career advice, you can start by reflecting on what you would tell someone else with a similar
22、question. Listen to the advice you give to others. Its usually the advice you need to take yourself. A.It often happens because we have more distance from other people s problems than our own. B.But the opposite was true. C.However,sometimes we make decisions depending on ourselves. D.We often liste
23、n to the wrong sources. E.And it might be the best way to motivate yourself, too. F.But it was easier said than done. G.What about going to people who are qualified to give advice? 答案：DGABE 七选五（二） The teenage years can be a very confusing time filled with anxiety, especially in high school. Here are
24、 some powerful tips which can help you succeed in the future. Know yourself and pick a direction. You may be faced with too many choices in your life and its unwise to try everything._1_ Consider all the benefits that it brings into your life and then see how you can develop your passion into a poss
25、ible career option. Get away from the friends that offer poisonous advice and negativity. There is no place for that kind of behaviour at any stage of your life._2_This does wonders for self-confidence and overall positivity. Read as much as you can. _3_ Stop spending hours in watching your favorite
26、 TV shows and instead use that time to invest in yourself by reading. Youll notice n a few days how you begin to see things in a different light. _4_ I am 19 years old, so I understand just how much time can be wasted on technology, especially the Internet and cellphones. Once you spend less time do
27、ing things that add no value to your life and instead spend that time enriching yourself, your life begins to shape and turn into exactly what you want it to be. Make mistakes. Look at a mistake youve made from every possible angle and take the lessons from it. Your teenage years are meant to be spe
28、nt getting to know yourself. _5_Its okay to make mistakes. A. Try different things B. Just focus on your favorite C. Work hard to improve your scores D. Limit the time spent on social media E. You cant achieve this by trying to be perfect all the time F. Pick up a book on anything that expands your
29、knowledge base G. And you should value yourself highly enough to get rid of these people. 答案：BGFDE 语法填空 Lets look back _1_ the adolescence youve gone through. How have you handled your life? Were you spending your time wisely in making you deserve your life? Neal Wu shared some things we should do t
30、o make our short time of life _2_(meaning). Find out what you need to do next. Insist on _3_(learn) as much as you can and find out what you are curious about. Find something _4_ you enjoy and practise the skills you want to develop. If you are hard-working and acquire good knowledge, then it will b
31、e easy to make other people learn from you. Volunteer _5_ (help) out those less fortune than you. In the course you _6_ (get) a ton of new views and better understand other peoples real problems. _7_ (normal), in a society that always looks upwards, these people are being forgotten easily. Become as
32、 _8_(depend) as possible. Even _9_ you work in a big company, you should constantly make small steps to reduce your dependence on your job. Write a book, build _10_ app, or start a small company on the side. 答案：1.on2.meaningful3.learning4.that5.to help 6.will get7.Normally8.independent9.though/if10.
33、an 完形填空 Are parents rational (理性的) about their children? No. Parents arent rational because _1_ isnt rational. Young people can understand this about romantic love, but they find it hard to _2_this element (元素) in parental love. My eldest daughters_3_the other day brought this up. “Let me ask you so
34、mething, Dad,”she began in a tone of patiently controlled _4_that every experienced parent knows. “I sailed around the Mediterranean in a yacht (游艇) when I was seventeen,” she said.“I hiked through the Pyrenees from Spain to Paris. I ve done rock climbing and deep-sea diving and slept in rainforests
35、 in the jungle of Indonesia. Right?” “Right,” I said, “So what?” “So this,” she went on. “When I go to the corner drugstore to pick up some shampoo, why do you always tell me to be _5_ when I cross the street?” There is no satisfactory _6_ a parent can give to this. All I could say was that when I w
36、as 50, my mother would _7_ me not to drive too fast. If I were 80 and she were still alive, I would be getting the _8_ warning. No matter what the age , a child is a child. There is something else, too, that children find it hard to understand. When they are far away, there is nothing we can do abou
37、t their _9_. They are in the hands of God. Parents try not to _10_ about it. But when the children are close, the old protective urge quickly _11_, and it doesn t _12_ how far they have been or what experiences they have got through. Most _13_happen around the corner, not in the rainforest. The most
38、 instinctive (本能的) act of almost every creature is to _14_its young, and with humans this reaction stays for a lifetime. In the parents mind, a child ages but does not _15_. Rational? No. But if we were rational, would we want children at all? ()1.A.worryB.fearC.loveD.need ()2.A.easyB.friendlyC.hard
39、D.important ()3.A.problemB.explanationC.warningD.question ()4.A.angerB.prideC.worryD.surprise ()5.A.carefulB.braveC.quickD.helpful ()6.A.questionB.answerC.problemD.present ()7.A.selectB.remindC.insistD.expect ()8.A.differentB.extraC.sameD.right ()9.A.successB.happinessC.luckD.safety ()10.A.argueB.thinkC.forgetD.complain ()11.A.comes backB.pays backD.looks backD.goes back ()12.A.proveB.meanC.matterD.mind ()13.A.accidentsB.failuresC.changesD.mistakes 答案：CCDAABBCDBACABC ()14.A.tolerateB.protectC.devoteD.treat ()15.A.stopB.competeC.growD.leave
