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You can make a difference to the life of others by signing up for a volunteer vacation.

“After 30 programs in Poland, I’ve received more than I’ve given. All benefit from this partnership — the future leaders of this great nation, and volunteers who fall in love with the beautiful people and culture.”

– Lori Wedeking, a volunteer in Poland

Volunteer Opportunities Portugal:

Teach natives conversational skills with varying English abilities in classrooms, offices, and community centers. Help choose assignments in public elementary and secondary schools, or with young adults in technical or trade schools.

Peru:

Volunteers with a medical background can choose to spend their time working at medical centers. Others can spend their time practicing conversational English with local students and teachers.

Tanzania:

Support a community quest for development through food and nutrition, health and education projects. Work in the greenhouse nurturing seedlings for seasonal plantings.

Nepal:

Teach conversational English and business management, help repair living and learning spaces, provide support and training for marginalized women, and nurture impoverished children.

Cuba:

Build bridges of friendship through conversational English classes. Work alongside local women sewing and knitting baby clothes, aprons, crafts, etc, which are sold to benefit the women’s cooperative interests.

Global Volunteers’ History

Established in 1984 by Bud Philbrook and Michele Gran, Global Volunteers is an international nonprofit organization assisting worldwide community development programs by mobilizing short-term volunteers on local work programs, as well as providing project funding and child sponsorships. Since 1984, Global Volunteers has helped partner communities deliver most of these services to local people worldwide, and been trusted by more than 34,000 volunteers. As Seija Webb, an eight-time global volunteer says, “Volunteering abroad holds magic on so many fronts. It’s the springboard for my global explorations. I can’t imagine one without the other anymore.”

1．Which is right about Lori Wedeking?

A．Lori is the organizer of 30 programs.

B．Lori had a positive experience in Poland.

C．Lori wants to be the future leader of Poland.

D．Lori received a lot of presents from volunteers.

2．What project is needed in Tanzania?

A．Working at medical centers.

B．Teaching business management.

C．Developing food and nutrition.

D．Sewing and knitting baby clothes.

3．Which country needs the project of repairing living spaces?

A．Peru.

B．Tanzania.

C．Nepal.

D．Cuba.

4．What do we know about Global Volunteers’ History?

A．34,000 volunteer get involved in its projects every year.

B．Teaching magic shows is one of its various programs.

C．It sends short-term and long-term volunteers to help local residents.

D．Seija Webb is a regular volunteer and enjoys volunteering abroad.

5．Who is the text most probably aimed at?

A．Global explorers.	B．Keen travelers.
C．Future leaders.	D．Potential volunteers.

Qianxuesen sought no fame and shunned the spotlight, returning to China with great ________.

A．integrity

B．assumption

C．innovation

D．resolution

________ my head had cleared, my brain was beginning to function much better.

A．Now that

B．Although

C．Due to

D．Despite

Before the end of the year, employees at Ubiquitous Energy, a company in Redwood City, Calif, will gather in a window-lined conference room to stare toward the future. That’s because their new glass windows will offer more than an amazing view of the mountains and blue skies of the North California landscape. They will also function as solar panels (太阳能电池板), able to power the company’s lights, computers and air conditioners.

Several years in the making, Ubiquitous’ energy-producing glass is a great technological achievement whose power lies in the layers of organic polymers (聚合物) between sheets of glass. As light enters the window, the flow of electrons between the polymer layers creates an electric current, which is then collected by tiny wires in the glass.

“It’s sort of like a transparent (透明的) computer display run backwards,” says Veeral Hardev, director of business development at Ubiquitous Energy. “That is, instead of electricity being sent to different points in a display to light them up, light is producing electricity to be sent out of different points in the window.”

Right now the windows produce about a third as much electricity from a given amount of sunlight as the typical solar batteries used in roof panels (板), and these windows, about half as transparent as ordinary glass, don’t work as well as transparent ones. But those standards are already enough to make the windows a promising product, says Hardev, adding the company is likely to improve the transparency significantly. As for the lower output of electricity, he notes that windows can cover a much greater surface area than a roof, so numerous windows will produce a surprisingly larger amount of electricity than the production from a rooftop full of higher-efficiency solar panels. “You could do both.” says Hardev. “But you’ll get more from the windows. The biggest challenge, he adds, is to make the windows from less than two square feet currently to about 50 square feet.”

1．What makes the new glass windows special?

A．They can offer an amazing view.

B．They are controlled by computers.

C．They can power the conference room.

D．They can help stare toward the future.

2．What is Hardev trying to explain in paragraph 3?

A．Where the light comes from

B．The importance of different points

C．The similarity of computers and glass

D．How the energy-producing glass works

3．What can affect power production according to the passage?

A．The transparency of the glass.	B．The quality of the rooftop.
C．The height of the solar panels.	D．The thickness of the glass.

4．What is the biggest problem Ubiquitous Energy needs to solve?

A．To change the window structure	B．To increase the size of the window
C．To protect the windows from lighting	D．To fix windows reasonably in an office

5．Which of the following is the best title for the passage?

A．Windows: A New Challenge of Technology

B．Windows: No Longer Just for Letting in the Light

C．Power: A Pressing Problem in the Near Future

D．Power: Not Enough from Rooftop Solar Panels

I __________ to give you just a surprise quiz but on second thought I chose to let you reflect on your exercises.

A．had intended

B．has intended

C．intended

D．has been intended

阅读表达

Just like everyone, I have experienced ups and downs in my life. I am an aerospace engineer from India, I was told by my relatives, close friends and others that it was hard for a non-IT student to pursue a master's degree in IT and graduate from a US university.

I had never taken courses related to computers or programming. I was never interested in being a programmer, but things changed. I became so fascinated with the convenience IT has brought to our life that I made up my mind in chasing a master's degree in IT.

At first, I came across too many difficulties and setbacks. Coming from a middle-class family, the huge cost per credit was a big issue. My English accent was terrible. Most importantly, the course seemed impossible at first. Although I felt so discouraged and frustrated, I never thought of giving up.

Then I decided to choose my university because it promised its students to help them learn practically. During my first month, it was difficult to understand the Americans' accent and finish my assignments. But I never gave in. I walked two miles to the university every day so that I could use my travel money to buy a meal. I started looking for jobs and I got an offer to work as a student assistant, which meant lifting benches and chairs every day.

I took all these challenges as my chances, and I believed that hard work was my strength. Right now I am graduating with a GPA of 3.96/4 and a job offer from a multinational company that has asked me to start right after graduation.

When you have a dream to realize, there is nothing that can stop you. All you need is the diligence and persistence. Hard work always pays off. Having a determined will is also necessary.

1．Why did the author's family and friends say that it was hard for him to pursue a master's degree in IT? (no more than 8 words)
2．What does the underlined part in paragraph 2 mean? (no more than 5 words)
3．What is the main idea of paragraph 3? (no more than 10 words)
4．What made the author graduate with a higher GPA and a good job offer? (no more than 15 words)
5．How does the author's story inspire you? (no more than 25 words)

It was Saturday. As always, it was a busy one, for "Six days shall you labor and do all your work" was taken seriously back then. Outside, Father and Mr. Patrick next door were busy chopping firewood. Inside their own houses, Mother and Mrs. Patrick were engaged in spring cleaning. Somehow the boys had slipped away to the back lot with their kites. Now, even at the risk of having Brother caught to beat carpets, they had sent him to the kitchen for more string(线). It seemed there was no limit to the heights to which kites would fly today.
My mother looked at the sitting room, its furniture disordered for a thorough sweeping. Again she cast a look toward the window. "Come on, girls! Let's take string to the boys and watch them fly the kites a minute."
On the way we met Mrs. Patrick, laughing guiltily as if she were doing something wrong, together with her girls.
There never was such a day for flying kites! We played all our fresh string into the boys' kites and they went up higher and higher. We could hardly distinguish the orange-colored spots of the kites. Now and then we slowly pulled one kite back, watching it dancing up and down in the wind, and finally bringing it down to earth, just for the joy of sending it up again.
Even our fathers dropped their tools and joined us. Our mothers took their turn, laughing like schoolgirls. I think we were all beside ourselves. Parents forgot their duty and their dignity; children forgot their everyday fights and little jealousies. "Perhaps it's like this in the kingdom of heaven," I thought confusedly.
It was growing dark before we all walked sleepily back to the house. I suppose we had some sort of supper. I suppose there must have been surface tidying-up, for the house on Sunday looked clean and orderly enough. The strange thing was, we didn't mention that day afterward. I felt a little embarrassed. Surely none of the others had been as excited as I. I locked the memory up in that deepest part of me where we keep "the things that cannot be and yet they are."
The years went on, then one day I was hurrying about my kitchen in a city apartment, trying to get some work out of the way while my three-year-old insistently cried her desire to "go park, see duck."
"I can't go!" I said. "I have this and this to do, and when I'm through I'll be too tired to walk that far."
My mother, who was visiting us, looked up from the peas she was shelling（去皮）. "It's a wonderful day," she offered, "really warm, yet there's a fine breeze. Do you remember that day we flew kites?"
I stopped in my dash between stove and sink. The locked door flew open and with it a rush of memories. "Come on," I told my little girl. "You're right, it's too good a day to miss."
Another decade passed. We were in the aftermath (余波) of a great war. All evening we had been asking our returned soldier, the youngest Patrick Boy, about his experiences as a prisoner of war. He had talked freely, but now for a long time he had been silent. What was he thinking of — what dark and horrible things?
"Say!" A smile sipped out from his lips. "Do you remember — no, of course you wouldn't. It probably didn't make the impression on you as it did on me."
I hardly dared speak. "Remember what?"
"I used to think of that day a lot in POW camp (战俘营), when things weren't too good. Do you remember the day we flew the kites?"
1．Mrs. Patrick was laughing guiltily because she thought_________.

A．she was too old to fly kites

B．she should have been doing her housework then

C．her husband would make fun of her

D．her girls weren’t supposed to play the boy’s game

2．By "we were all beside ourselves," the writer means that they all _________.

A．felt confused	B．looked on
C．went wild with joy	D．forgot their fights

3．What did the writer think after the kite-flying?

A．The boys must have had more fun than the girls.

B．All the others must have forgotten that day.

C．Her parents should spend more time with them.

D．They should have finished their work before playing.

4．Why did the writer finally agree to take her little girl for an outing?

A．She suddenly remembered her duty as a mother.

B．She thought it was a great day to play outside.

C．She had finished her work in the kitchen.

D．She was reminded of the day they flew kites.

5．The youngest Patrick boy is mentioned to show that _________.

A．the writer was not alone in treasuring her fond memories

B．his experience in POW camp threw a shadow over his life

C．childhood friendship means so much to the writer

D．people like him really changed a lot after the war

The victims of the earthquake are in        need of help. We should do something for them immediately.

A．abnormal	B．anxious
C．desperate	D．aggressive

书面表达
假设你叫李华，你将作为高三毕业生代表，根据以下要点在毕业晚会上用英文作一简短的告别演讲：
1、对三年高中生活的怀念；
2、对老师的感谢；
3、对母校的祝福。
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阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。

My husband had taken the car to see about a job and I stayed at the rest area with our six children. I kept them busy playing games and reading books. I prayed as hard as I could that my husband would get the job and this madness would all come to an end. When he came back and hard closed the car door, I knew the news was not good.

That night, one of the churches in Portland had a free dinner, so we hurried and had the children wash up in the bathrooms. We all loaded up in our run-down car. No one would get thrilled about a hot meal, but being homeless, we all knew what a treat this would be.

In the morning, we were all just as tired as when we went to bed. It’s not easy at all to sleep eight people in one car. It’s hard to stay warm with only the few blankets we had to share among us. We got in the car and left to make a garbage dump run.

As my husband looked for work every day, my children and I would walk around the city picking up cans and bottles to return for the deposit (押金). When nothing else worked, my husband and I would stand with a sign that read, “will work for food.” It was an embarrassment and we felt so ashamed. I never looked up at anyone, pretending that I was elsewhere and this was not happening. But we had to survive, and for the sake of our kids we would do whatever it took to get them food to eat.

Thanksgiving Day was drawing near and it was turning colder and colder. My husband had not found work and we were at a loss as how to gather up enough money for a house rent. It looked so hopeless.

On the evening before Thanksgiving, we went to the only church having Thanksgiving dinner for the homeless. Unluckily, our car broke down. My husband worked on it, but in vain.

注意：
1. 续写词数为150左右;
2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。

A truck driver just came over to help.

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People stopped by with food and blankets as well as some clothes.

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