【正文】 on departments determine your futureBEvery year, some million children under the age of five die from diseases like malaria, pneumonia and HIV. The untold story of child survival is that the global munity now has the bined knowledge, technical knowhow and affordable tools to end such child deaths. Evidence shows that it is possible to decrease underfive death rates in developing countries to levels approaching those in wealthier countries.That is why 4 years ago — June, 2012 — the US, Ethiopia and India joined the United Nations Children’s Fund (or UNICEF) to launch Child Survival Call to Action, a global effort to save children’s lives. The goal was to lower child death rates in the hardesthit countries to 20 deaths per 1,000 live births by the year 2035.Zambia started a plan focused on nutrition and immunization (免疫) that will save more than 26,000 children each year. Congo is distributing prepackaged supplies to prevent and treat the most mon killers. They hope to save the lives of half a million children by 2017. Similar efforts are taking place in Ethiopia, Bangladesh, Yemen, and elsewhere.Child Survival partner panies are also developing lifesaving vaccines (疫苗) and treatment for diarrhea. Private enterprisers and medical professionals are training and equipping health workers in 54 countries with lifesaving tools. Still others are developing and delivering safe water treatment and storage products.“This highlevel forum inspired a global movement — Committing to Child Survival: A Promise Renewed,” wrote UNICEF Executive Director Anthony Lake. “Four years passing, it continues to build and, today, 174 countries and over 400 civil society and faithbased organizations have taken up the charge in their own mitments. While we still have a long way to go, the first 4 years have seen impressive gains.”25. The underlined word “those” in Paragraph 1 refers to______.A. 6. 9 million underfive children B. affordable tools to end child deathC. deaths in the developing countries D. death rates of children under five26. Child Survival Call To Action was founded to______.A. improve the living conditions for poor childrenB. decrease underfive death rates in some countriesC. raise some money to save children’s lives D. save children in the poorest countries27. What can be inferred from the passage?A. All diseases can be prevented or treated.B. Governments and partners joined the initial effort.C. Nutrition holds the key to lower the death rates.D. Only governments made their best to reduce the deaths.28. How does Anthony Lake feel towards Child Survival Call to Action?A. Timeconsuming. B. Wasteful. C. Positive. D. Cold.CHow you feel and react to your environment on a daytoday basis can be measured by your behavior, thoughts, and emotions. Your personality gives you away!There are four fundamental characteristics of personality. First, it is constant and people tend to behave in the same way when they meet similar situations. Second, personality not only influences actions, but it also actually causes people to behave in specific ways. Third, personality is influenced by both psychological and biological factors. Finally, personality is expressed not only in behaviors, but through emotions, thoughts, social behavior, and close relationships.How the world distinguishes you is a direct reflection of and reaction to how you present yourself to them. Race, age, and sex are qualities you have no control over, but certainly contribute to your personality because of how the world senses you based on them. A person who continuously experiences racial discrimination may guard himself against it by at first seeming cold and unfriendly. But once he opens up, you may discover someone pletely different inside.Physical ones, which you develop over time, also contribute to your personality, and include walking pace, eye contact, and facial expressions. How you want the world to see you influences how you present yourself to others. Characteristics such as altitude, response and general mindset create the surface of your oneofakind personality.If you’re like many people, the aspects of your personality you choose to show might depend on the people you meet. For instance, the personality you exhibit around your boss is probably a lot different from the personality you show to your closest friends. All of these elements make up the “you” that only you truly know. And only you can decide when to share these parts of your personality with other colleagues.29. What does the passage mainly talk about?A. Some aspects of personality. B. Ways to develop personality.C. What contributes to personality. D. Why personality is important.30. It can be known from Paragraph 2 that______.A. one’s personality is merely determined by birthB. personality consists of behavior, thoughts and relationshipsC. personality has nothing to do with one’s career lifeD. the environment and the situation influence one’s personality31. The intended readers for the passage are probably______.A. receptionists B. students C. office clerks D. police officersDFor many. Daylight Saving Time (DST: 夏令時(shí)) simply means remembering to change the clocks and twisting your sleep schedule. “Even though the time change is only an hour, it is something that causes much more destruction than people believe,” said Dr. John Sharp, a psychologist and psychiatrist at BethIsrael Deaconess Medical Center in Boston. “It’s not just an extra hour of sleep。選項(xiàng)中有兩項(xiàng)為多 余選項(xiàng)。每小題1. 5分，滿分30分）閱讀下面短文, 從短文后各題所給的四個(gè)選項(xiàng) (A、B、C和D) 中，選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項(xiàng)，并在答題卡上將該項(xiàng)涂黑。 playing baseball. Later, at Philadelphia’s Overbrook School for the Blind, I 54___ a successful variation (變體) of baseball. We called it ground ball.Life asks a continuous series of 55___ to reality — I believe it! The more 56___ you’re able to make them, the more peaceful your private world bees. The adjustment is never easy. I was on