【正文】 e kind acts.( ) 16. A. SheB. He C. We D. They ( ) 17. A. likedB. hatedC. missedD. forgot( ) 18. A. discoveredB. thought C. admittedD. noticed( ) 19. A. ifB. whenC. before D. after ( ) 20. A. ship B. flightC. trainD. bus( ) 21. A. left forB. leftC. arrived atD. arrived in( ) 22. A. passengers B. travellersC. hostessD. scouts( ) 23. A. promisedB. acceptedC. refusedD. agreed( ) 24. A. timeB. problemC. questionD. performance( ) 25. A. ThereforeB. BecauseC. AndD. However( ) 26. A. tookB. costC. spentD. made( ) 27. A. tiredB. relaxedC. surprisedD. friendly( ) 28. A. presentsB. booksC. storiesD. seats( ) 29. A. offered B. gaveC. showed D. provided ( ) 30. A. politenessB. kindness C. happinessD. carefulness三、閱讀理解（共15小題；每小題2分，滿分30分）閱讀下面短文，從每題所給的A、B、C、D四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中選出最佳選項(xiàng)。1nyA. fewer and fewer people are using connected devicesB. more and more people are using connected devicesC. the number of connected devices was fewer in 2015 than in 2010 D. it is increasing of population that leads to increasing of connected devicesBYEARS ago, a very rich man and his young son shared an interest in collecting art. They traveled around the world, collecting priceless works of art by famous artists like Picasso, Van Gogh and The man became very lonely and sad. When war broke out, the son left to serve his country. After a few weeks, the old man received a letter saying his son had died while taking another soldier to a One day, a soldier visited the old man and gave him a painting – it was a portrait of his son. Though the world would never consider it a great work, the painting was important to the man.The painting of his son became the old man’s most valuable item. He told his neighbors it was the greatest gift he had ever received. The following spring, the old man became ill and passed away.All of the old man’s paintings would be sold at an auction. The auction began with a painting that was not on any of the buyers’ lists ... it was the painting of the old man’s son.“Who will open the price at $100 ?” the auctioneer asked. Moments passed and no one spoke or raised their hand. Someone said: “Who cares about that painting? Let’s get on to the good ones.” More voices followed in agreement. “No, we must sell this one first,” replied the auctioneer. “Now, who will take the portrait of the son?”Finally, a good friend of the old man spoke: “Will you take $10 for the painting? That’s all I have.” “Will anyone go higher?” called the auctioneer. After more silence he said: “Going once ... going twice ... sold!” The auctioneer looked at the crowd and announced that the whole auction was over. “According to the father’s will, whoever takes the son’s portrait gets the whole collection,” the auctioneer said.Because of the father’s love, whoever took the son got it all.( ) 34. Both the man and his son were interested in .A. collecting artworkB. selling paintingsC. drawing famous artists D. reading stories about famous artists( ) 35. The letter said the son .A. left to serve his countryB. was safeC. was sent to a hospital.D. had died.( ) 36. At the auction, the painting of the man’s son .21*jy*A. was popularB. was sold for $100C. was sold for $10 D. wasn’t sold( ) 37. The story wanted to tell us .A. artwork is valuableB. a father’s love is pricelessC. don’t look down at small works of artD. nobody knows what will happen nextCWhen cold winter days seem gloomy (灰暗的), nothing is better than a nice hot pot meal to warm and cheer you up.【來(lái)源：21j**m】Hot pot has a long history. It is the most popular type of food in China, according to a survey by