19. How many collections of short stories has the speaker’s grandma published in all?

A. 4.                 B. 10 .              C. 14.

20. What did the speaker’s grandma do in 2013?

A. She published her latest book.   B. She started writing in English.

C. She won an important prize in literature.

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A

As for Jack, he stayed aboard and lived the life of a true pirate dog to the end of his days.

21. According to the first two paragraphs, which of the following is            TRUE?

A. Bragwynn killed many people when he was young.

B. Bragwynn had sailed at sea for many years.

C. Bragwynn rowed about in his boat with a young man named Jack.

D. Bragwynn did not notice the ship just ahead of him.

22. Why did the captain on the ship say “I’ll give up” to Bragwynn?

A. Because he was frightened by Bragwynn’s words.

B. Because he thought Bragwynn a better captain.

C. Because he was really ready to serve Bragwynn.

D. Because he had an idea to deal with Bragwynn.

23. When Bragwynn stepped through the door , he thought he was going______.

A. into the kitchen

B. back onto his own boat

C. into the bathroom

D. to gain the captain’s position

24. Which  of the following words best describe Bragwynn?

A. Mean and brave.

B. Crazy and foolish.

C. Stubborn and friendly.

D. Clever and cruel.

B

Mei Lun and Mei Huan have been the first giant twin pandas born in the US since 1987.  The names of these twin male giant panda cubs(幼崽) were announced at Atlanta Zoo last year. Lun Lun, a 15-year-old giant panda, gave birth to the cubs on July 15, 2013. Zoo officials followed Chinese custom and named the brothers after waiting 100 days. Until then, they were simply known as “Cub A” and “ Cub B”.

Mei Lun and Mei H uan are the first twin panda cubs to survive in the Unite States. “We’re delighted to finally be able to place two youngsters with names. They have not only made a mark on the history of Atlanta Zoo, but also have made history  in the US,” Raymond B. King , the zoo’s president and CEO, said in a statement.

Atlanta Zoo teamed up with Good Morning America that month to put the pandas’ names to a publi c vote. China’s Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding provided the choi ces of names. In just 13 days, 51,000 votes poured in on the show’s website.

Under a deal between China and the US, giant pandas originally from China are only lent to foreign zoos for scientific study for several years. Zookeepers at Atlanta Zoo are giving regular updates on the twins’ progress in an online blog. Mei Lun and Mei Huan are the fourth and fifth offspring(子女) of Lun Lun and a male giant panda named Yang Yang.

The pandas made their first public appearanc e in a US exhibit last fall. For the three months before their appearance, the online world had watched the twins grow strong and healthy. “We share this joy with our colleagues(同事) in China and with the cub’s fans around the world,” King said.

25. The underlined words “ that month” probably refer to

A. July        B. September   C. October   D. December

26. How did the twins get their names?

A. Good morning America named them.

B. Zoo Atlanta gave them the names.

C. China provided their names for votes.

D. The US decided their names.

27. What can be inferred from the passage?

A. Yang Yang belongs to America.

B. The two cubs are not in good health.

C. Yang Yang is the father of the twins.

D. The cub’s fans haven’t watched the twins in the zoo.

28. What’s the main idea of the passage?

A. The twin panda cubs were born in the US.

B. The twin pandas grew strong and healthy.

C. The names of the twin pandas w ere announced.

D. The names of the twin pandas were given by the public.

C

Buffet is the son of the best investor(投资者)Warren Buffet, and he's the CEO of a philanthropic foundation(慈善基金会). But he’s also a lifelong farmer. He is familiar with the saying that each farmer can expect to have 40 opportunities to improve their harvest. And it’s not just farmers who know there’s a clock running on their efforts. “ We all need to recognize that we only have a fixed amount  of time to affect change,” said Howard G. Buffett(HGB)

HGB wants to invest more than $3 billion, in an effort to end global hunger and poverty for the world’s nearly one billion poor people by 2045. He’s decided to focus much of his effort on farming in the developing world. He believes that the best way to deal with poverty is to change the lives of farmers in the poorest nations on the planet. “It’s a pretty well proven fact that nothing works better at bringing people out of poverty than investment in rural areas,” said HGB.

Healthy soils are a most important part of productive farmers, but 1.5 billion people — a fifth of the global population — live on poor land. ”You have to fix the soil,” he said. HGB also has the idea that farmers who own their own land will raise crops with an eye to the long-term health of the soil.

He would like to see that balanced with a foreign-aid plan. HGB notes that too often, experts want to make agriculture in developing nations look like farming in rich countries.” It’s not going to happen like that,” said HGB. “You need to consider local differences, local culture.” Many more ideas of HGB can be found in his new book, Forty Chances: Finding Hope in a Hungry World.

29. From the second paragraph, we can learn that HGB’s main purpose is_______.

A. to invest lots of money in farming

B. to end hunger and poverty

C. to change farming in the world

D. to help the poorest nations in the world.

30. What’s the population of the whole world?

A. 1.5 billion     B. One fifth billion     C. 6 billion      D. 7.5 billion

31. What can be inferred from the last paragraph?

A. The farming methods in rich countries suit developing countries.

B. HGB thinks agriculture of the west is not good at all.

C. All the farming methods don’t suit developing countries.

D. HGB gains his ideas from the book Forty Chances.

32. What can be the best title for the passage?

A. HGB invests to end hunger

B. A great farmer, HGB.

C. HGB, one son of Warren Buffet

D. HGB invests in the developing countries.