New Yorker 

The best of the best. We didn't have any commercial magazines on our last list, but it was a shame to leave this literary magazine out. After lots of emails here it is one the oldest and the most honored magazine of all. Started in the 1920s by Harold Ross and Jane Grant and has a circulation of over a million readers.

Ploughshares

Founded in 1971 by

Ploughshares is our best and highest ranked

university non-commercial literary magazine. It is more honored by national anthologie（s

选集 ） than

any other magazine except the New Yorker. It is an outstanding publication. We had the honor a little while back of interviewing Editor Ladette Randolph. Ploughshares is excellent and outstanding.

The Atlantic

Founded in 1857 mainly by

and often honored by national anthologies.

This is another outstanding commercial magazine published by Jay Lauf with a very large circulation of（发 行量 ）                            about 400,000 readers. Originally a monthly publication, the magazine now publishes           ten times a year and features articles in the fields of political science and foreign affairs, as well as book reviews.

  Tin House

Started in 1998 by Oliver Wendell Holmes but quickly became one of the best and best known literary magazines in the country. It has been honored by national anthologies more times than many literary magazine that have been publishing for over 100 years. We interviewedEditor Rob   Spillman awhile back. Tin house is a great magazine.Read the interview, and buy the magazine.

21.     Which is the second most honored magazine by national anthologies?

A.     New Yorker             B.  Ploughshares           C.    The Atlantic           D.  Tin House

22.     What is The Atlantic famous for?

A.   the most awards B. researches of politics C. the largest circulation D. technology and science

23.     Who founded the latest magazine mentioned above in the USA?

A.   Harold Ross and Jane Grant                    B. Ralph Waldo Emerson

C. Harriet Beecher Stowe                            D. Oliver Wendell Holmes

24.     What can we infer about from the magazines mentioned in the test?

A.   They all have a long history.                   B. They all belong to literary magazines.

C. They are all most popular magazines.       D. They are published by a company.

Professor Carl Jones won the 2016 Indianapolis Prize --the highest honor inthe field of animal conservation--for his 40 years of work in Mauritius, where he saved an endangered kestrel (a kind of bird) from becoming the next Dodo.

When the 61-year-old first travelled to the east African island in the 1970s he was told to close down a project to save the Mauritius kestrel. At the time there were just four left in the wild, making it the rarest bird on Earth.

However he stayed, performing the controversial techniques of captive breeding (圈养 繁殖 ) and a technique known as ‘double-clutching’, which included taking eggs from the birds’ nests and hatching them under incubators（孵 卵器 ）, motivating the mothers to lay another set of eggs in the        wild.

A decade later, the number of Mauritius kestrels had soared to over 300 and today there are

around 400 in the wild.

Reflecting on the start of his career, he said the Mauritius kestrel project had been seen as a “dead loss” at the time.

In the 1970s there was fierce opposition to the captive breeding techniques, with critics (批 评 者 ) arguing that they were too risky and took the emphasis off breeding in the wild.

“As a young man in my 20s, I certainly didn’t enjoy the stress and the tension of the criticism I

received,” Prof Jones, who now lives in Llanwrda, Powys, said.

He said receiving the prize was particularly important to him because it showed his work to save birds was reasonable, whereas previous winners have tended to concentrate on more high profile (惹   人注                                             目的 ) species, like polar bears or elephants.

Dr Lee Durrell, director for Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust, said: “Carl is living proof that by having the courage, talent and vision to take small steps, we can win victories for species large and small.”

25.   What can we learn about Dodo?

A.   It is a kind of endangered bird.               B. It is a rare species of bird alive.

C. It no longer exists in the world.              D. It is saved by Professor Carl Jones.

26.   Why did Professor Carl Jones take eggs from the birds’ nests ?

A.   To do some research on the eggs.           B. To find out if man can hatch them.

C. To protect them from becoming bad.      D. To stimulate the males to lay more eggs.

27.   Which of the following can replace the underlined word “soared” in Paragraph 4？

A.   increased            B. registered                C. gathered                     D. survived

28.   What is the difference between Carl and previous winners?

A.   He used unique techniques.                     B. What he did was more valuable.

C. He has more courage, talent and vision.   D. The species he has saved was less striking.

Most young Australians undertake unpaid work experience as part of their education or training, to maintain rights to social security, or simply to improve their job prospects. But those from more disadvantaged backgrounds are less likely to have those opportunities and those on placements(实 习 ) associated with government benefits enjoy their experiences less.

We also found that unpaid placements may involve significant costs for those who undertake them.

The research, the first of its kind in this country, surveyed 3800 people aged 18-64 about work experience. It doesn't include volunteering, such as at a church, charity or club.

Around half of all unpaid work experience occurred in connection with a formal course of a university or secondary schooling. This is unsurprising, given the emphasis that education providers and employers now place on work-combined learning. However, this means half of all arrangements occur outside of education or training courses.

In our survey, people also completed unpaid work experience because: they were required to do so to maintain Youth Allowance or Newstart payments, they were part of an unpaid trial during a recruitment( 招 聘 ) process, it was unpaid training following an offer or employment, or for some other reason.

Our research revealed a variety of costs associated with unpaid work experience. For example, over a quarter of respondents reduced their hours of paid employment in order to participate in unpaid work and 20% organized and paid for their own insurance. These costs may mean some can afford to access this work experience while others can’t.

More than one in ten respondents paid money to a broker, agent or directly to the host organization to take part and one in four had to travel longer than one hour to attend. Among the study participants, 17% lived away from their usual home to participate.

29.   What can be inferred about unpaid work experience from the passage?

A.     The research about it covers a small scale.

B.     It offers the participants more social rights.

C.     Not all own the opportunities to undertake it.

D.     It is more popular among government officials.

30.   what is the main reason for participating in unpaid work experience?

A.     Part of an unpaid trial.

B.     Secondary work experience.

C.     Requirement of income support.

D.     Part of a higher education course.

31.   What is the main idea of the last two paragraphs?

A.     Costs of participating in unpaid work experience.

B.   Benefits of participating in unpaid work experience.

C.   How to find a suitable job with unpaid work experience.

D.   The reason for being satisfied with unpaid work experience.

Both Visiting Day and Knock Knock,which won a 2014 Coretta Scott King Award, describe black families torn apart by a father’s imprisonment, but their similarities end there.

In Visiting Day we see a family that still sees itself as a family. In Knock Knock, circumstances are harder to understand—just as they would be for a young child.

The boy at the center of Knock Knock begins the book by telling us of a game he and his father share: Every morning his father knocks on his bedroom door, and he pretends to be asleep until his father is beside his bed. Then he “jumps into his arms.” But one morning, the boy’s father isn’t there. The boy doesn’t know why, and we are left to guess the reason, and to read the boy’s letters to his absent father.

After a long time, the boy’s father writes back. “No longer will I be there to knock on your door,” he tells his son, “so you must learn to knock for yourself. Knock knock down the doors that I could not… Knock knock for me, for as long as you become your best.” The book ends with father and son reunited, but only after the boy we saw at the beginning of the book has grown into a man. Knock Knock began its life not as a children’s book but as a monologue(长篇 独白 ), inspired by          author Daniel Beaty’s own experience of his father’s imprisonment, which began when Beaty was three years old. Visiting Day is a similarly personal story for its author, Jacqueline Woodson, and its illustrator(插图 画家 ), James E. Ransome. Ransome had previously kept the “family secret” of his  brother’s imprisonment, and Woodson grew up visiting her favorite uncle in prison.

32.   What is the similarity between Visiting Day and Knock Knock?

A.   Won similar prizes.                                B. Describe similar families.

C. Situations are harder to understand          D. Discuss how to avoid crimes on families. 33.Why was the father absent from their daily game with his son?

A. He was too busy to spare time.               B.He is playing a game with his son.

C. He went to prison for some reason.         D. He let him to learn to be independent.

34.   What are Visiting Day and Knock Knock based on?

A.   The authors’ personal experience.           B. The stories told by the illustrator.

C. Monologues that passers-by delivered.      D. The documents offered by a uncle in prison.

35.   What is most likely to be discussed in the paragraph that follows? A.Ransome’s brother. B.The book Visiting Day.

C.The stories of Daniel Beaty.                     D.A visit to Woodson’s favorite uncle.

Every person wants to achieve the academic goals through quality education at the beginning of a new school year. 36 Here’s step by step guide to add online classes to your education experience!

Research the schools in your region and see which the best fit is for you.Different online schools have different methods, but the classes are delivered online, and assignments and tests are also taken

online.    37    Accreditation(合  格 证 明 ) is a way to rank institutions, proving that they provide a  quality education.

Check the availability of courses. Make sure the program is offered in your region and that you

are qualified. It is really important to check the course you want to take is available at your region and you meet with the qualification criteria.

  38 Each school has their own enrollment procedures. Follow the instructions given by the school carefully to ensure that you choose the class you desire. Each school has academic adviser so contact to them if there is any doubt.

Provide your information to the school. Complete the forms and send certain documents to the school you have selected.  39   Once you have sent the required documents to the school, the school will check the forms and documents and inform you if any document is missing.

Take your courses. After the verification procedure the school will provide you with the details of the virtual(虚拟 的 ) classes.     40       

A.     The school’s adviser will guide you further.

B.   Determine the online source for school rankings.

C.   Visit the school's website and follow their instructions.

D.   Before enrolling, it is important to check a school’s accreditation.

E.   Every school has its ranking by test score listed on the website.

F.   For students looking to take all their courses online, it is very simple.

G.   There is no classroom time, you will have to make your own schedule to learn.