第一部分  完形填空阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。  Ice Cream From "Someone"Last week, after I finished takingfood to different families, I stopped by an ice cream shop. There were two  1   in it. While we waited for ice creams, wetalked about “ice cream” for a few minutes. I gave  2   tothe waiter after I took the ice cream. But he said the lady before me  3   it for me!  I went to  4   the two ladies before starting to eat myice cream, and they just smiled.     AfterI finished eating, I went back to their table to thank  5  again.One said, “What for?” I said, “One of you paid for my  6  ,and I just wanted to let you know how much I  7  it.”    I asked one, “Was it you?”     She  8   and said, “It was someone.”      So I asked the other lady, but she said the  9  words!     So I said, “If you see 'Someone', pleasetell them how much I enjoy the  10  ice cream!” What kind ladies they are!I just wished I had a smile card to give them!

第一部分   完形填空。阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。  Ice Cream From "Someone"Last week, after I finished takingfood to different families, I stopped by an ice cream shop. There were two  1   in it. While we waited for ice creams, wetalked about “ice cream” for a few minutes. I gave  2   tothe waiter after I took the ice cream. But he said the lady before me  3   it for me!  I went to  4   the two ladies before starting to eat myice cream, and they just smiled.     AfterI finished eating, I went back to their table to thank  5  again.One said, “What for?” I said, “One of you paid for my  6  ,and I just wanted to let you know how much I  7  it.”    I asked one, “Was it you?”     She  8   and said, “It was someone.”      So I asked the other lady, but she said the  9  words!     So I said, “If you see 'Someone', pleasetell them how much I enjoy the  10  ice cream!” What kind ladies they are!I just wished I had a smile card to give them!

A When day came, the sea was quietagain. I looked for our ship and, to my surprise, it was still there. I had toswim to it. I walked down to the sea and before long, I was near the ship and swamround it. But how could I get on to it? In the end, I got in through a hole(洞), but it wasn't easy.The back of the ship was high outof the water, and I was very thankful for this because all the ship's food wasthere. I was very hungry so I ate something first. Then I began to take some ofit back to the beach with me. But how could I get it there?I looked around the ship, andafter a few minutes, I found a long piece of wood(木板). Then I got the things that I wanted fromthe ship and put them on the wood. There was a big box of food—rice, meat, and breadand many other things.  Now I had to leave the ship.Slowly and carefully, I went back to the beach. It was difficult to stop mythings from falling into the sea, but in the end I got everything on to the land.B Dolphins are famous tobe very bright. They are good at using whistles(哨声) as their language.Dolphins usuallylive in groups. A group of dolphins near the beach usually has about 10members. Far away from the beach, groups can be much larger, with hundreds ofmembers. The members in a group are very friendly. They play with each other,talk to each other, and help each other. Dolphins often work together to fightagainst other animals, and find food.Scientists watchdolphins in the Moreton Bay. Ina studies a group of dolphins for many years.She said, “When the dolphins live on natural food, I think it's more importantfor them to get on with others, or to learn from others, or to work with othersto get food.”It’s true thatthese friendly dolphins will continue to teach the scientists about their ways,as they live in the clear waters of Moreton Bay. 

　  Your teenage son looks like a grown man. He’s inches taller than his father, and his voice has turned deep. But his behavior is another matter. He makes hasty decisions, drives cars too fast and tends to make his parents annoyed. 　　That’s because his brain is developing more slowly than the rest of his body. Researchers at the National Institute of Mental Health and UCLA conducted a decade-long study of normal brain development. They found that the frontal lobe, the area responsible for understanding future consequences, making wise decisions and controlling impulses（冲动）, has not become mature （成熟的）until the early 20s. 　  Immature brains have fast-growing synapses（突触） and sections that remain unconnected. As a result, they’re easily influenced by the environment and susceptible to unexpected behavior. 　  This may explain the puzzling contradiction of adolescence. Teens are at their physical prime. Yet their death rates rise sharply. Study shows that rates of death by injury for people between the ages of 15 and 19 are six times those seen in kids ages 10 to 14. The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety reports that teens are four times more likely than older drivers to be involved in a car crash and three times more likely to die in one. 　  Adolescents also are more susceptible to the effects of drugs and alcohol. Rates of drug and alcohol abuse are high when compared with other age groups. Frances Jensen and David Urion, doctors at Children’s Hospital Boston and Harvard Medical School, discovered that adult brain cells recovered more quickly from alcohol exposure than younger brain cells. Jensen said in Harvard Magazine: “For a teenager, what he drank on the weekend is still with him during that test on Thursday.” 　  The implications for parents are clear. Teens aren’t making trouble on purpose. They desire independence, but they are still tender. They’re still forming into the adults they’ll eventually be. And, of course, they won’t be this age forever. Finally, they will grow up and become rational and wise adults.

      This year, The Voice of China (the second season) hit China again. The Voice of China was a Chinese reality talent show. It has greatly influenced China. Chinese audiences are also broadening their musical taste. And it wanted to bring back China’s belief in music. “Almost every other show in China looks at someone’s appearance to judge their talent,” says The Voice of China director Zhang Weiqi. “This isn’t one of those shows.” 　      The Voice of China was on Zhejiang Television. It gave a good stage for the people who loved singing songs and gave them a choice to show their voice people all over the world. In this season, Wang Feng, Na Ying, Zhang Huimei and Yu Chengqing were the teachers. They were popular and people liked to listen to their songs very much. They gave their students lots of help and helped them make great progress. The final battle was on October 1, 2013. Li Qi, the singer from Amei’s family won the first prize. Zhang Hengyuan was second and Xuan Xuan was third. We hope we can watch this programme next year.

　　“Where Are We Going, Dad?” is the theme song of the star parenting reality TV show. Produced by Hunan Satellite TV, the show invites five male stars from different fields and their children. The guests are Olympic diver-turned-actor Tian Liang and his 5-year-old daughter Tian Yucheng(Cindy), Taiwanese actor Jimmy Lin and his 4-year-old son Kimi, actor Guo Tao and his six-year-old son Guo Zirui (nickname: Little Stone), model Zhang Liang and his six-year-old son Zhang Xuanyu (Nickname: Tiantian), director Wang Yuelun and his 4-year-old daughter Wang Shiling(Angela).     “Where Are We Going, Dad” has aired every Friday night at 10pm on Hunan Satellite TV since October 11th. According to Baidu Baike, every episode of “Where Are We Going, Dad” all topped the charts. 　　     In every episode, the star fathers and their children spend quality time together and complete different tasks without the company of the mothers. The first two episodes recorded a three-day trip to a village on the outskirts of Beijing, while the third and fourth episodes sent the guests to the desert. Then they went to Yunnan, Hunan and Shandong, ect. The children are between 4 and 6 years old, all of whom were well-known as soon as the first episode came out. This reality show has generated heated discussions about parenting, fatherhood, childhood, as well as the stars’ careers and wives.

Many cities have interesting nicknames. New Orleans probably has more nicknames than any other American city. One web site lists its more than twenty nicknames. The most famous is “The Big Easy”. It shows the slow and easy-going way of life in New Orleans.So how did the city get this nickname? In the early 1900s there was a dance hall in New Orleans called “The Big Easy”. But the nickname did not become famous until the early 1970s. That was when a newspaper writer began calling New Orleans by this name. She compared the easy-going way of life there to the hurried pace of life in New York City. In 1970, James Conaway wrote a book called “The Big Easy”. The story was in New Orleans. In 1987, they made that book into a film. It made the nickname even more popular.New Orleans has other nicknames. Another nickname is “The Birthplace of Jazz”, because that kind of music started in New Orleans. And, there is a nickname that uses the short way to write New Orleans and Louisiana. It you do not want to use the complete  name, you can call the city “NOLA.”

　　Many cities have interesting nicknames. New Orleans probably has more nicknames than any other American city. One web site lists its more than twenty nicknames. The most famous is “The Big Easy”. It shows the slow and easy-going way of life in New Orleans. 　　    So how did the city get this nickname? In the early 1900s there was a dance hall in New Orleans called “The Big Easy”. But the nickname did not become famous until the early 1970s. That was when a newspaper writer began calling New Orleans by this name. She compared the easy-going way of life there to the hurried pace of life in New York City. In 1970, James Conaway wrote a book called “The Big Easy”. The story was in New Orleans. In 1987, they made that book into a film. It made the nickname even more popular. 　　New Orleans has other nicknames. Another nickname is “The Birthplace of Jazz”, because that kind of music started in New Orleans. And, there is a nickname that uses the short way to write New Orleans and Louisiana. It you do not want to use the complete  name, you can call the city “NOLA.”

　    Forget humane removal. Scientists studying the giant Burmese pythons（蟒蛇） that invaded Florida have discovered the snakes can find their way home even when taken up to 20 miles away.   　The snakes homing ability is "previously undocumented for any snake species," said Shannon Pittman, a scientist at Davidson College in Davidson, N.C. 　　Researchers at Davidson and the U.S. Geological Survey caught six Burmese pythons in Florida and placed radio transmitters（发射器） in them. They then took them 13 to 20 miles away and released them. The snakes immediately headed back, taking "direct and striking" routes, instead of moving randomly across the wetlands, said Kristen Hart, a research ecologist with the USGS in Gainesville, Fla. It took the snakes 94 to 296 days to return but eventually they navigated to within 3 miles of their original capture locations in Everglades National Park. No one knew Burmese pythons were capable of homing. Researchers don't know how the snakes do it. It could be by sight or smell or even the Earth's magnetic field. 　　The research shows that moving the snakes won't work as a control strategy. "You can't move them. Quite honestly, they're going to move back to where they came from," Hart said. 　Burmese pythons are one of the world's largest snakes. They are hard to spot in the grass even when tracked with transmitters. Native to southern Asia, the snakes began to appear in south Florida in the late 1990s, probably released by pet owners. They have since colonized hundreds of square miles in southern Florida, including most of Everglades National Park and Big Cypress National Preserve. 　　While more than 2,000 Burmese pythons have been removed from the area since 2002, the National Park Service estimates that represents only a small part of the total population. "There are records of snakes up nearly to Lake Okeechobee," said Michael Dorcas, a biology professor at Davidson College. "Most scientists agree that they are likely well north of Alligator Alley now." 　　The snakes are devastating invaders, eating a wide variety of animals including deer and even crocodiles. "They're eating through the food chain," Hart said.

　　 Andrea Esteban tried to smile with half her face, and her third-grade classmates laughed. Matthew Velez struggled to speak, “Luh, luh, uh, gronk,” and the kids burst into laughter. The funny faces and the strange speech were all part of a serious lesson to help kids learn the signs of a stroke. 　  The experimental health education program at Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx is aimed at improving the survival rate. Each year, about 795,000 Americans have a stroke and about 130,000 die. Some are caused by bleeding in the brain, but the majority is caused by a clot（血栓） that blocks blood flow, starving brain cells. The drug TPA can dissolve those clots and reduce disability and deaths but only if it’s given within three to four hours of the first symptoms, and the sooner the better. Yet only about 5 percent of patients receive it, in part because many stroke sufferers don’t get to the hospital in time. The early warning signs include a droopy （下垂的）side of the face, slurred（发音含糊的） or strange speech, and the inability to keep arms raised.    Dr. Kathryn Kirchoff-Torres, who led the class from St. Ann’s School in the Bronx, said the kids are already “little message machines” bringing home from school what they learn about the benefits of exercise, not smoking and eating well.  　At the start of the stroke class last month at the hospital, the doctor asked, “Who knows what a stroke is?” 　“A heart attack?” one child offered. 　“Well, we like to call it a brain attack,” Kirchoff-Torres said. “It’s a problem with the brain.” She then taught the children to use the word “FAST” as a memory device. With cartoons and music bringing the point home, they learned “F” is for face, “A” is for arms, “S” is for speech and “T” is for time.  After the class, the children were presented with pens labeled “FAST” and with pencil erasers in the shape of human brains, which were very popular.