1、Joshua has won Miamis “Do the Right Thing” award and the “Kids Who Care” competition, which awarded him a $1,000 note. Even though he has a 87 done plenty, he said that his mission （使命）to provide for the poor is far from finished. “I want to get a team together,” Joshua said. “I want my team to go o
2、ut and give food to people who have a need for it. I want to spread love to countries in Africa.”2.闸北区C. Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words（在短文的空格内填入适当的词，使其内容通顺，每空格限填一词，首字母已给）（14分）The story behind the shopping cartCharacters（反面还有试题）Sylvan Goldman owner of a grocery shopFred Yo
3、ung Sylvans friend, a mechanic（机械师）One night in 1936, in an American city. Inside Freds workshop, Sylvan sits next to Fred, who is making adjustments（调试） to their new i 81 a shopping cart. Sylvan:My customers dont like our shopping cart.Fred:Really? So they p 82 shopping with those heavy baskets?（no
4、ds） Ive got a huge crowd of customers every day, b 83 none of them wants to use the cart.I dont understand. We invented the cart so that people dont need to carry a basket around the shop.（laughs） And so that they will buy more groceries!So why dont they like the shopping cart?Young men think that p
5、ushing a cart around makes them look w 84 and slow, and young women think its unfashionable.Of course it isnt fashionable right now. Its only just been invented! But Im sure older people will appreciate it.UmWhat? They dont like the cart e 85 ?Well, they think pushing it makes them look helpless!Oh
6、no. We need to do something, Fred. We cant just g 86 up on this invention!We wont. （He gets up and walks around the room. Suddenly, he stops.） Aha! Ive got an idea.What is it?Ill hire（雇佣） some good-looking guys and girls to push the carts around and pretend theyre shopping.Oh! So the real shoppers w
7、ill see these attractive people using the carts and think, “Hey, if its good enough for them, its good enough for me!”E 87 .Hey! Maybe you could get one of the girls to greet your customers and encourage them to use the cart.Great idea!3.长宁区 C. Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper wor
8、ds （在短文的空格内填入适当的词，使其内容通顺。Imagine this: romance is all around you, you have met and fallen in love with the most wonderful person. The only trouble is, you are not at home, you are in a completely different part of the w 81 . How do you let that special person know how you feel?FranceThe only place t
9、o say JE TAIME （I love you） is on a Paris bridge in the moonlight. If you really want to go for true French style, you will need to dress very smartly and go to a fashionable French restaurant a 82 you have said the magical words.JapanThe cherry blossom season is the most romantic time of a year in
10、Japan. I 83 your boyfriend / girlfriend in the politest way possible （you should always be as polite as possible in Japan!）, set up a nice little picnic u 84 a cherry blossom tree and say SUKYO.RussiaIt might be minus 6 degrees when you say YA TYEBYA LYUBLYU, but the s 85 will be falling around you
11、in St Petersburg. There is no scene more romantic, and you wont even feel the cold - your heat will be so w 86 inside!IndonesiaGo surfing on the Indonesia waters of Sumatra and see the boy or girl of your dreams. Wake up to a beautiful sunrise, go surfing in the cool waters all day and r 87 in the e
12、venings. Anytime is OK to say SAYA CINTA PADAMU!Wherever you come from, only say I love you when you truly mean it. They may only be three little words, but they are powerful words in any language!4.浦东新区C. Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words. （14分）You know that eating a sensibl
13、e diet and getting plenty of exercise help make your body healthy and strong. But do you know that there are ways to make your brain healthier and smarter? Here are seven steps toward a smarter brain. Limit your TV viewingNever spend too much time on TV viewing, for it n_81_ very little brain activi
14、ties. Your brain will become weak just as your muscles do. If you do watch TV, choose something educational and meaningful. TravelTravelling to a_82_ country forces you to see and do things in a fresh way, bringing stimulation to the brain. Learn a new languageLearning a new language involves differ
15、ent learning methods. Learning a language sharpens your brain and helps prevent memory p_83_ that you may meet in later years. Read oftenAs you read, take the time to look up people or places that arent familiar. Reading makes your vocabulary much l_84_ if you always search for words and definitions
16、 that you dont know. Each week, choose an animal, a bird or fish, and read everything you can about it. Stretch your brain as you become an expert on the subject. Calculate w_85_ you shopAs you put things in your grocery cart, total everything in your head. See how close you get to the actual total.
17、 Use your non-dominant（不占优势的）handIf you are right-handed, use your left hand for everyday activities, or use your right hand if you are left-handed. Doing familiar things in a different way will make your brain c_86_ new neural （神经）networks. Wechat（微信）!Read messages from people who has different int
18、erests. And some say that learning to express y_87_ in just 100 words is a great brain challenge. Have a try and do these every day. Little by little you can get into the habit of challenging your brain, and make your brain smarter! 5. 虹口区Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words（在短文
19、的空格内填入适当的词，使其内容通顺，每空格限填一词，首字母已给）:（14分） I heard a story about an older woman who stood in line at the Post Office. She c_81_ with a young man next to her. The young man n_82_ that she had no package to mail, and asked why she was standing in line. She said that she just needed a few stamps. “Maam, yo
20、u must be tired standing here. Do you know theres a stamp machine over there in the corner?” He p_83_ to the machine built into the wall. “Thank you,” the lady replied, “but Ill just wait here a little l_84_. Im getting close to the window.” “But it would be so much e_85_ for you not to stand in thi
21、s long line and buy your stamps from the machine.” The woman smiled and answered, “Oh, I know. But that old machine would n_86_ ask me how my grandchildren are getting along.” She had a need greater than the need f_87_ postage stampsa need to feel connected to other people. And it was a need that co
22、uld not be met by a stamp machine. 6. 闵行区Chuck Wall teaches management and human relations at Bakersfield College. He walked into the class one day and told his students that their homework was to perform one act of random （任意的） kindness. His students did not c 81 understand the homework and didnt k
23、now what to do, but the professor would not answer their questions. He encouraged his students to work it out by themselves. One week later, the students entered the classroom excitedly to share their s 82 . One student gave away blankets to the homeless. Another reported on helping an old man clean
24、ing the house, and another student had been trying to f 83 a long, lost friend. Students were energized （给予活力） by the homework and wanted other people to be kind too. And luckily, the local businesses provided them with some money and materials. With the s 84 of them, the students made stickers to p
25、ut on cars that invited people to do something kind for others. They sold the stickers and decided to donate the money to a center for the blindnot surprising as Professor Wall is blind. Since then, kindness activities have been very p 85 in schools around the world. Many schools organize a Random A
26、cts of Kindness Week, around November 13th, to celebrate World Kindness Day. Some schools use each day of Random Acts of Kindness Week to perform different kind acts, such as making a new friend, helping someone, doing community service, or r 86 money for a charity. Students learn to consider other people and think about how small actions can make the world a b 87 place. （C） 81. poor
