D. Never taking it on an empty stomach. 23. If you suffer from TECFIDERA, you may ______.
A. have some eye problems B. report your doctor for prescribing the wrong C. have a high white blood cell count B
D. contact FDA
It was a normal school day for senior Solymar Solis until an unexpected visitor arrivedValley High School in South Carolina.
After serving in Kuwait for nine months, Melendez returned home a week earlier than hi
“It came across my mind like, ‘How is she going to react?’”he recalled the heartwarmi
As unsuspecting Solymar entered the classroom, she was soon overcome with emotion, immedShe thought it was a dream.
Melendez was a single parent so while he was deployed（调动）, he got his sister to liv
do something special for his daughter. Melendez and his sister got in touch with the sch
The two are very much looking forward to some good daddy-daughter time now that he’s
she’s made, she deserves all the special arrangements and special occasions and celebra24. How did Solymar feel at first when entering the classroom?
A. She was eager to hug her father. B. She felt everything was as usual.
C. She got excited at seeing her father. D. She was surprised by what she sa25. What was Melendez’s attitude to the surprise? A. Content.
B. Astonished.
C. Touched. D. Upset.
26. Why did Melendez plan the surprise for Solymar?
A. To get involved in her school life. B. To show his concern for her in a
C. To build a strong emotional bond with her. D. To make up for what she lost in 27. What can be the best title for the passage? A. Father’s Selfless Love for His Daughter.
B. Girl Expecting the Returning of Her
C. Girl Surprised at School by Her Dad’s Return. D. Father and Daughter’s Expected RC
Have you ever been given something you don’t like or doesn’t fit, but you don’t want
once in his or her life. That doesn’t mean the item is bad or useless. It simply means
If you find yourself with something nice but that doesn’t fit into your lifestyle, co
as people find it difficult to make ends meet to a great extent.
There are specific things you should do to an item. Failure to do any of them may creat
to explain anything. For example, remove the original wrapping paper and rewrap it in you
cards or names on the packaging; inspect the item and make sure it is in excellent condi
When you get ready for regifting, consider having a white elephant gift exchange for yevent. In order to prevent hurting feelings, provide everyone with a guest list and ask 28. Why does the author begin the passage with a question? A. To share a hot phenomenon.
B. To introduce the following part.
C. To ask for readers’ answers. D. To point out a common opinion. 29. What most contributes to the growing regifting? A. People’s lack of money.
B. People’s dislike of the gifts.
C. People’s reduced desire for gifts. 30. What’s mainly talked about in Paragraph 3?
D. People’s understanding of its mann
A. What to do before regifting. B. How to make use of unwanted gifts. C. What kind of gifts to be regifted.
D. Why regifting can cause embarrassme
31. What does the underlined phrase in the last paragraph mean? A. Suitable but valueless. C. Packaged and invaluable. D
B. Expensive and useful.
D. Nice but unsuitable.
When it's five o'clock, people leave their office. The length of the workday, for man
These days, the time is everywhere: not just on clocks or watches, but on cell-phonemorale (士气) and creativity.
Clock-timers organize their day by blocks of minutes and hours. For example: a meeting
want to accomplish. They work down the list, each task starts when the previous task is
What, then, are the effects of thinking about time in these different ways? Does one mak
they had participants organize different activities—from project planning, holiday shoppi
to be more efficient but less happy because they felt little control over their lives. Taskand seize opportunities that come up.
The researchers argue that task-based organizing tends to be undervalued and under-supp
This might be a small change to the way we view work and the office, but the researcher
still probably need, and be, to some extent, clock-timers, task-based timing should be us32. What is the way people often do their work according to the author? A. They give priority to the most urgent task on hand. B. They set a time limit for each specific task. C. They combine clock-based and task-based planning. D. They accomplish their tasks one by one.
33. What did the researchers find in their experiments about clock-timers?
A. They tend to be more productive. B. They seize opportunities as they c
C. They always get their work done in time. D. They have more control over thei34. What is the researchers’ opinion about today's business culture? A. It does not support the strategies adopted by smart companies. B. It attaches more importance to work efficiency than to workers' lives. C. It aims to bring employees' potential and creativity into full play. D. It does not lay enough emphasis on task-based practice. 35. From the passage, we can conclude that _______.
A. it is important to keep a balance between work and life. B. task-based timing is preferred for doing creative work. C. performing creative jobs tends to make workers happier. D. a scientific standard should be adopted in job evaluation. 第二节(共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分)
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
It’s nice being nice to others; it’s also great to give people a hand. However, if yo
the following tips will help you to stand up for yourself and regain your self-confidenc
37 Although you may often stay silent if something is wrong or bothers you, it is better t
if you don’t really want to. Speak up, and soon others will be seeing you in a whole ne
Start small.
38 This will allow you to practice being brave and self-confident. Tell a person wbe confident enough to stand up to your friends and family member.
Judge well.
When dealing with others, you have to exercise good judgment. 39 If a colleague ilet it go.
40 Rome wasn’t built in a day. If you want to get back again after having been a A. Express yourself.
B. Regain your confidence.
C. Start by speaking up for yourself with strangers.
D. Everyone has the right to live without being judged.
E. If you slip back into the pushover mode every once in a while, don’t blame yourse
F. Sadly, some people are so easily pushed around that they come to be seen as pushov
G. It’s one thing to be confident, but quite another to forcefully say no to an unre第三部分 语言知识运用（共两节，满分45分） 第一节：（共20小题；每题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选
I was driving to the grocery store on a warm morning in May. I smiled as I watched th
My calm was broken, 43 , as I rounded a curve (拐弯处). A huge U-Haul truck was co
followed by not one but two other U-Haul trucks just as 45 . I wondered if all the stu
48 a self-storage business along the side of the highway, building new units for all the
It seemed 51 that a couple just out of their teens could already have too much stuf
I lost my own 52 for owning stuff when a house fire in the middle of the night destr
53 to escape. In the weeks that followed friends and family gave us a lot of stuff to g
a hug and a kiss, and watching Dad snooze（打盹）in his chair 55 a hard day’s work. Wh
I didn’t want too much stuff to 58 my life. I wanted to only buy what I needed and
I assumed that only by doing so could I make my 60 . 41．A．appreciating B．reflecting 42．A．refreshing B．delightful 43．A．though 44．A．miss 45．A．useful 46．A．turned to 47．A．beat
B．too B．reject B．large
C．admiring C．peaceful C．anyway C．ignore C．new
D．releasing D．dynamic D．instead D．desert D．good
B．referred to C．reacted to D．belonged to B．pulse
C．accelerate D．follow