C．Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton．

D．Margaret Munnerlyn Mitchell．

24．What can we infer about the women mentioned in the text? A．They were all fond of poetry． C．Their works were once rejected．

B．They all died in their forties．

D．They are famous for their great works．

B

I hope you will join us to develop the project．The idea struck me in early 2017．We were sitting in our class when our head teacher announced．“There’11 be a new boy starting school tomorrow．He comes from the circus so he’11 be with us for a while．”Immediately I heard remarks like“Those are dirty people”；“They eat raw meat”；and“Watch out your bags”．The teacher must have heard them and said in a very serious voice，“Jake is our guest．Make sure you treat him well．”

It was the first time I had met anyone from a circus．Fortunately he sat in the only spare seat next to me．Of course I didn’t want to mind others’business，but I couldn’t help looking at him sideways．I noticed Jake was smaller than me and had dirty finger nails．His shirt was clean but had been repaired in many places and his trousers were held up by a wide，leather belt．As he was sniffing loudly，I passed him my handkerchief．Immediately the boys began to whisper“Leave him be!”From my left a slight movement showed that Jake must have heard the remarks too．He seemed to be having great difficulty with his maths work and was struggling to hold his pen correctly．He looked around as if for help．I looked around too．The teacher was busy so I offered to explain the problems to him．As he listened he smiled．His eyes lit up and he returned to the exercises with enthusiasm．He finished them quickly and proudly presented them to the teacher．“Well done，Jake”，she approved．Jake smiled．

I thought about how Jake’s life would be．I remembered seeing the campsite and thinking how poor the facilities(设施)were．So I decided to help．As it was my turn to suggest a project for our grade．I put forward this idea．Our head teacher accepted it and so we began to prepare our plans to improve the campsite．Hope you will join us．

25．Why did the students dislike Jake even before they saw him? A．A newcomer was not welcome at that time． B．They always judged a person by what he looks like．

C．The teacher hadn’t introduced Jake to them beforehand． D．They must have heard terrible stories about circus people． 26．What’s the author’s attitude towards Jake? A．He copied the other boys’behavior．

B．He was distant about what Jake’s life was like． C．He had sympathy for the people who were in need． D．He couldn’t ignore what other people said about Jake． 27．With the help of the author，Jake became more_______． A．friendly and brave C．easygoing and helpful

B．confident and proud D．optimistic and warm-hearted

28．What’s the author’s main purpose in writing this passage? A．To call on more people to help Jake． B．To show what is in need for a circus． C．To ask the readers to join in his project． D．To argue circus people should be fairly treated．

C

Reading can be a social activity．Think of the people who belong to book groups．They choose books to read and then meet to discuss them．Now，the website BookCrossing. com turns the page on the traditional idea of a book group．

Members go on the site and register the books they own and would like to share．BookCrossing provides an identification number to stick inside the book．Then the person leaves it in a public place，hoping that the book will have an adventure，traveling far and wide with each new reader who finds it．

Bruce Pederson，the managing director of BookCrossing，says，“The two things that change your life are the people you meet and books you read．BookCrossing combines both．”

Members 1eave books on park benches and buses，in train stations and coffee shops．Whoever finds their book will go to the site and record where they found it．

People who find a book can also leave a journal entry describing what they thought of it．E-mails are then sent to BookCrossing to keep them updated about where their books have been

found．Bruce Peterson says，the idea．is for people not to be selfish by keeping a book to gather dust on a shelf at home．

BookCrossing is part of a trend among people who want to get back to the“real”and not the virtual(虚拟)．The site now has more than one million members in more than one hundred thirty-five countries．

29．Why does the author mention book groups in the first paragraph? A．To introduce the website． B．To attract more book groups． C．To stress the importance of reading． D．To encourage readers to share their ideas．

30．What does the underlined word“it” in Paragraph 2 refer to? A．An adventure． C．A public place．

B．The book．

D．The identification number．

31．What will a BookCrosser do with a book after reading it? A．Pass it on to another reader． B．Mail it back to its owner． C．Keep it safe in his bookcase． 32．What is the best title for the text?

A．Online Reading：A Virtual Tour B．Electronic Books：A New Trend C．BookCrossing：A New Bridge

D．A Website：An Old Tradition

D

A new collection of photos brings an unsuccessful Antarctic voyage back to life．Frank Hurley’s pictures would be outstanding—undoubtedly first-rate Photojournalism—if they had been made last week．In fact，they were shot from 1914 through 1916．most of them after a disastrous shipwreck(海难)，by a cameraman who had no chance of survival．Many of the images were stored in an ice chest，under freezing water，in the damaged wooden ship．

The ship was the Endurance，a small，tight，Norwegian-built three-master that was intended to take Sir Ernest Shackleton and a small crew of seamen and scientists，27 men in a11，to the southernmost shore of Antarctica’s Weddell Sea．From that point Shackleton wanted to force a passage by dog sled(雪橇)across the continent．The journey was intended to achieve more than

D．Meet other readers to discuss it．

what Captain Robert Falcon Scott had done．Captain Scott had reached the South Pole early in 1912 but had died with his four companions on the march back．

As writer Caroline Alexander makes clear in her forceful and well-researched story The Endurance，adventuring was even then a thoroughly commercial effort．Scott’s last journey，completed as he lay in a tent dying of cold and hunger，caught the world’s imagination，and a film made in his honor drew crowds．Shackleton，a onetime British merchant-navy officer who had got to within 100 miles of the South Pole in 1908，started a business before his 1914 voyage to make money from movie and still photography．Frank Hurley，a confident and gifted Australian photographer who knew the Antarctic，was hired to make the images，most of which have never before been published．

33．What do we know about the photos taken by Hurley? A．They were taken just last week． B．They were found by a cameraman C．They recorded a disastrous adventure．

D．They showed undersea conditions of the Antarctic． 34．Who reached the South Pole first according to the text? A．Frank Hurley． C．Ernest Shaekleton

B．Robert Falcon Scott． D．Caroline A1exander．

35．What does Alexander think was the purpose of the 1914 voyage? A．Money making． C．Scientific research．

B．Artistic creation． D．Treasure hunting．

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New rules and behavior standards for middle school students came out in March．2017．Middle schools are going to use a new way to decide who the top students are， 36 The following are some of the new rules．

Tell the truth．

Have you ever copied someone else’s work in an exam? 37 That’s not honest．If you