My husband had just bought a new washing machine for me. I decided to use it and I washed a lot of things.

Everything worked well，but I found one of my husband’s socks missing. I looked everywhere for it，but I couldn’t find it anywhere.

The next morning, I got ready for school as usual. When the bell rang, the students came in. I greeted them first and then told them what we were going to do that day. When I turned around to write on the blackboard, the class broke out a roar! They laughed and laughed. They laughed so much, in fact, that I was afraid the headmaster would be into seeing all this.

I asked the class to stop, but the more I talked, the more they laughed. I decided to pay no attention to them and I continued to write on the blackboard. When I did this, they roared even more.

Finally, the teacher who had the room next to mine came in to see what all the laughter was about. When he came in, he started laughing, too!

“Good heavens,” I said.“Will someone please tell me what is so funny?’

“Oh，God，”said the teacher.“You have a brown sock to the back of your skirt!”

So that’s how I found my husband’s missing sock.

“Oh，well,”I said to the class.“Let’s just say you have had an unforgettable lesson on

static electricity.”

21. What happened when the writer turned around to write on the blackboard?

A. The class roared with anger.

B. The class began to laugh loudly.

C. Another teacher came in.

D. There was a loud noise outside the room.

22. Why couldn’t she find one of her husband’s socks?

A. Because some students had hidden it.

B. Because her husband had taken it away.

C. Because she had left it in the classroom.

D. Because she never expected that it would stick to her skirt.

23. Which of the following statements is WRONG?

A. The writer’s husband had just bought a new washing machine.

B. The writer found one of her husband’s socks missing.

C. The students told her about the laughing.

D. She was afraid of being seen by the headmaster.

Beijing, with co-host Zhangjiakou in neighboring Hebei Province, won the bid for the 2022 Winter Olympics. Winning the bid will benefit the capital as well as its residents(居民)，so the below are something to expect from the Winter Olympic Games.

Blue skies

Efforts to control pollution ahead of the 2008 Games dramatically improved the air quality in Beijing, at least for a while. Once again, expectations are high that staging the Winter Olympic Games will push Beijing to reduce pollution and improve the air quality more effectively.

Beijing began carrying out a five-year plan from 2013 that cost 130 billion U.S. dollars to upgrade(升级）heating systems，cut car emissions(排放）and close heavy-polluting factories. Such efforts will not only be made in Beijing but in a neighboring Hebei and Tianjin as well, as suggested by a development action plan to integrate(结合）the three places. Hopefully，blue skies will become a regular feature even after the Games.

Transportation

Although Beijing is the host city of the 2022 Winter Games, Chongli county of Zhangjiakou will host some of the snow events.

The capital region is likely to benefit from investments in infrastructure(基础设施)， including the Beijing-Zhangjiakou intercity railways, expansion of Beijing subway systems, upgraded highway networks and another regional airport.

Winter sports

Beijing's vision is to develop a winter sports market for more than 300 million people in northern China.

With a rich legacy left by the summer Olympics, China plans to reuse 11 of 12 venues built for the 2008 Olympics and only needs to build a new rink for speed skating, effectively easing possible problems of facilities(设施）being left idle after the Games.

Transformation (转变)

On the back of the Winter Olympics, the Beijing municipal government is looking at fostering sports-related industry as a new growth driver to power its economy.

The goal is to integrate the Winter Games with sustainable development plans for the wider region, focusing on clean energy, green technology, and improvement in ecology and air quality.

Tourism

The country’s plan to develop a winter sports industry will enhance Zhangjiakou’s reputation as a tourist destination by upgrading its transportation system and facilities, such as hotels and restaurants.

24. What can be a suitable title for the text?

A. How Important the 2022 Winter Games Is

B. What Have Been Done for the 2022 Winter Games

C. When and Where to Hold the 2022 Winter Games

D. What to Expect from the 2022 Winter Games

25. What does the underlined word “idle” probably mean in the text?

A. Lazy.   

B. Not in use. 

C. Not serious.

D. Not working hard.

26. Which is NOT the benefit of hosting the 2022 Winter Games?

A. Air quality will be improved.

B. Transportation will be more convenient.

C. Winter sports will be popular across China.

D. The winter sports industry will help attract tourists.

27. “By 2025, around 600,000 new jobs will appear.” can be an example for   

A. Transportation

B. Winter sports

C. Transformation

D. Tourism

Like most people, I was brought up to look upon life as a process of getting. It was not until in my late thirties that I made this important discovery：giving-away makes life so much more exciting. You need not worry if you lack money. This is how I experimented with giving-away. If an idea for improving the window display of a neighborhood store flashes to me, I step in and make the suggestion to the storekeeper. One discovery I made about giving-away is that it is almost impossible to give away anything in this world without getting something back, though there turn often comes in all unexpected form.

One Sunday morning, the local post office delivered an important special delivery letter to my home, though it was addressed to me at my office. I wrote the postmaster a note of appreciation(感谢).More than a year later，I needed a post-office box for a new business I was starting. I was told at the window that there were no boxes left, and that my name would have to go on a long waiting list. As I was about to leave, the postmaster appeared in the doorway. He had overheard(无意中听到）our conversation, “Wasn’t it you that wrote us that letter a year ago about delivering a special delivery to your home?”  I said“yes.”“Well, you certainly are going to have a box in this post office if we have to make one for you. You don’t know what a letter like that means to us. We usually get nothing but complaints.”

28. According to the author,        .

A. you don’t have to be rich in order to give

B. the excitement of giving can bring you money

C. giving means you will lack money

D. when you give away money, you will be rich

29. From the passage, we understand that        .

A. the author followed other people looking upon life as a process of getting

B. the author was unlike most people who were mostly receivers rather than givers

C. the author received the same education as most people during his childhood

D. the author did not understand the importance of giving until he was in late thirties

30.When the author needed a post-office box,        .

A. he had to put his name on a waiting list

B. many people had applied for post-office boxes before him.

C. he asked the postmaster to make one for him

D. he wrote the postmaster a note of appreciation

Everyone knows that fish is good for health. 31 But it seems that many people don't cook fish at home. Americans eat only about fifteen pounds of fish per people per year, but we eat twice as much fish in restaurants as at home. Buying, storing, and cooking fish isn't difficult. 32 This text is about how to buy and cook fish in an easy way.

33 Fresh fish should smell sweet: you should feel that you’re standing at the ocean’s edge. Any fishy or strong smell means the fish isn’t fresh. 34 When you have bought a fish and arrive home, you’d better store the fish in the refrigerator if you don’t cook it immediately, but fresh fish should be stored in your fridge for only a day or two. Frozen fish isn’t as tasty as the fresh one.

There are many common methods used to cook fish. 35 First, clean it and season it with your choice of spices(调料). Put the whole fish on a plate and steam it in a steam pot for 8 to 10 minutes if it weighs about one pound. (A larger one will take more time.) Then, it’s ready to serve.

A. Do not buy it.

B. The easiest is to steam it.

C. This is how you can do it.

D. It just requires a little knowledge.

E. The fish will go bad within hours.

F. When buying fish, you should first smell it.

G. The fats in fish are thought to help prevent heart disease.

Some say that madness and genius (天才）often come hand in hand. This is especially true of the Dutch painter Vincent Van Gogh. Van Gogh is famous 56 his amazing use of color and shape. Born in 1853, he was painting at a time 57 art was changing. A long time ago, artists tried to make their paintings look real like photographs. 58 later on, art became more about the artist’s own ideas. If you see a Van Gogh，it won’t look like the real world. It will look even 59 (beautiful). Some of Van Gogh’s most famous paintings are of natural scenes and flowers, such as Sunflowers. He also painted many wonderful self-portraits (自画像), 60 brought him a lot of fame. Van Gogh had a great gift for painting. 61 , he was a troubled man. At one point, he cut off his own ear. Van Gogh is now one of the world’s most famous 62 (art). But he died at the age of 37, alone and poor. Almost 63 knew or cared about his art at that time. Although he was a great genius, he suffered 64 (great). Some say that his madness was 65 he paid for his art.