Section C (12 marks)
Directions: Complete the following passage by filling in each blank with one word that best fits the context.
Leaving for college can be a big challenging learning experience. Maybe this is the first time for you to live with people 48. ________ aren’t your family members. Because of the differences in values and personalities, unavoidably, conflicts may easily arise between roommates. 
So how can you develop a successful roommate relationship 49.________ fewer conflicts? First, lose your shyness 50.________ open up to your roommates by talking about the common interest, which can help you learn each other’s different cultural or social backgrounds. 51.________, be flexible with your roommates and adjust your thinking to new situations. Don’t get stuck with 52.________thinking patterns and habits that you bring from home. At last, 53.________ your roommate does something that bothers you, don’t let 54.________ turn into a bad situation. Try to work together to reach a compromise that 55.________ can both live with. 
In a word, a harmonious roommate relationship lies in the friendly communication, mutual respect and acceptance of others’ differences. 
Part Ⅲ  Reading Comprehension (30 marks)
Directions: Read the following three passages. Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C, and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage.
A
Karl Fleming joined the military because he needed a change in his life. He had a successful career with a shipping company but he wanted to do something more. He found that something in the U.S. army. Fleming began his service in 2009 and never looked back.
A few years later, Fleming volunteered to go to Afghanistan. There, he worked as a bodyguard for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. He enjoyed it, except for the almost-nightly rocket attacks. Karl was never hit directly by a rocket, but he didn’t need to be to feel its effects. The rockets caused severe shaking, shaking so bad that Fleming was left with many injuries. He was also diagnosed with concussions(脑震荡) and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder(PTSD).
Fleming said he was down but not out. Once he returned from Afghanistan, Fleming underwent one test after another. At first, Fleming said he thought he could recover or be able to return to duty and realize his dream of becoming an officer. But then came the news he had never imagined: Fleming would never be an officer because he was too injured to continue.
Fleming said he was depressed after learning his military career was over. Add that to the memory loss, extreme anxiety and the many painful medical procedures he was already experiencing. He rarely ventured outside on the weekend. Instead, he preferred to sleep in. All that changed, however, with Fleming’s service dog, Kuchar.
Fleming said he had heard dogs could help people suffering from PTSD, so he started doing research. Karl eventually selected K9s for Warriors, which is where he met Kuchar, a yellow lab. Fleming and Kuchar trained together for weeks, before returning to Fort Benning. K9s for Warriors provided Fleming with Kuchar and the training for free.
Life with Kuchar has been life-changing. Fleming doesn’t sleep in any more because Kuchar won’t let him. Instead, they venture out into a world Karl was once afraid of — a world for Fleming that now seems impossible to imagine without Kuchar by his side. 
56. Karl Fleming joined the army because ___________.
A. he had a successful career              B. he loved to be a soldier
C. he wanted to have a change             D. he expected to work in a shipping company
57. From Paragraph 2, we can learn Karl Fleming was __________.
A. forced to go to Afghanistan             B. struck directly by a rocket one day
C. satisfied with everything in the army      D. injured because of the shaking from the rockets 
58. Fleming suffered from the following illnesses except ___________. 
A. concussions        B. PTSD      C. memory loss      D. a heart attack
59. Karl Fleming recovered with the help of ___________.
A. an experienced bodyguard         B. a well-trained dog
C. a laboratory engineer             D. a military officer
60. The passage is mainly about Fleming’s__________. 
A. change of life                 B. service in the military   
C. medical procedures              D. experiences in Afghanistan

B
The snow cap of Mount Kilimanjaro, famous in literature and beloved by tourists, initially formed some 11,000 years ago, but will be gone in two decades, according to researchers who say the ice fields on Africa’s highest mountain shrank by 80 percent in the past century.
Lonnie G. Thompson, one professor from Ohio State University, said measurements using modern navigation satellites show that the oldest ice layers on the famous mountain were deposited during an extremely wet period starting about 11,700 years ago. The mountain appears in literature, most notably Ernest Hemingway’s “The Snows of Kilimanjaro” and some ancient beliefs in Africa hold the mountain to be a sacred place. 
But a temperature rise in recent years is destroying the 150-foot-high blocks of ice that gave Kilimanjaro its unique white cap. “The ice will be gone by about 2030,” said Thompson. The disappearing ice already has reduced the amount of water in some Tanzanian rivers and the government fears that when Kilimanjaro is bald of snow the tourists will stop coming. 
“Kilimanjaro is the number one foreign currency earner for the government of Tanzania,” said Thompson. “It has its own international airport and some 20,000 tourists every year. The question is how many will come if there are no ice fields on the mountain.”
Africa was not alone in the global drought. Thompson said other records show that civilizations during this period collapsed in India, the Middle East and South America.
Researchers put markers on the ice field blocks in 1962 and Thompson said measurements using satellites show the summit of the ice has been lowered by about 56 feet in 40 years. The margin of the ice also has moved back more than six feet in the past two years, much smaller than before.
“That’s more than two meter’s worth of ice lost from a wall 164 feet (50 meters) high,” said Thompson. “That’s an enormous amount of ice.”
61. The snow cap of Mount Kilimanjaro ________.  
   A. will disappear in two centuries
   B. first developed some 11,000 years ago
   C. resulted in a temperature rise in recent years
   D. has decreased to 80 percent over the past century
62. According to Thompson, the disappearing of the snow may mainly influence________.
A. the local water supply                   B. the local tourism
C. the weather in the surrounding areas        D. the government foreign currency exchange
63. The underlined word “margin” in Paragraph 6 means__________.
A. center              B. top            C. edge             D. back
64. The writer’s tone in this article is___________.
   A. concerned         B. casual          C. doubtful         D. angry  
65. Which of the following can be the best title for this passage?
   A. Risks of Visiting Mount Kilimanjaro         B. A Sacred Place— Kilimanjaro 
C. Africa’s Highest Mountain                 D. Kilimanjaro Snow Cap May Melt Soon
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