篇一：2015年上海高考英语真题试卷(含答案)
ass="txt">上海英语试卷考生注意：
1. 考试时间120分钟, 试卷满分150分。
2. 本考试设试卷和答题纸两部分。试卷分为第I卷（第1－12页）和第II卷（第13页），全卷共13页。所有答题必须涂（选择题）或写（非选择题）在答题纸上，做在试卷上一律不得分。
3. 答题前,务必在答题纸上填写准考证号和姓名,并将核对后的条形码贴在指定位置上,在答题纸反而清楚地填写姓名。
第I卷(共103分)
I. Listening Comprehension
Section A
Directions: In Section A, you will hear ten short conversations between two speakers. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. The conversations and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a conversation and the question about it, read the four possible answers on your paper, and decide which one is the best answer to the question you have heard.
1. A. Impatient.
2. A. At a bus stop.
3. A. An actor.B. Confused.B. At a laundry. B. A salesman.C. Pleased. D. Regretful. D. At the chemist’s. D. A writer. C. At the dentist’s.
C. A translator. 4. A. He lost his classmate’s homework.B. He broke the woman’s calculator. B. He can’t help the woman with her math. D. He doesn’t know where the “on” button is.
5. A. The woman should go to another counter.
B. The woman gives the man so many choices.
C. The man dislikes the sandwiches offered there.
D. The man is having trouble deciding what to eat.
6. A. She has no idea where to find the man’s exam result.
B. She isn’t allowed to tell students their grades.
C. Dr. White hasn’t finished grading the papers.
D. Dr. White doesn’t want to be contacted while he’s away.
7. A. Move to a neat dormitory.
B. Find a person to share their apartment. D. Write an article about their roommate. B. Clean the room with the roommate. 8. A. Bob won’t take her advice.
B. Bob doesn’t want to go abroad.
C. She doesn’t think Bob should study overseas.
D. She hasn’t talked to Bob since he went abroad.
9. A. The snack bar isn’t usually so empty.
C. The snack bar is near the library.
10. A. Take her bicycle to the repair shop. B. Dessert is served in the snack bar. D. Snacks aren’t allowed in the library. B. Leave her bicycle outside.
D. Check if the garage is dry. C. Clean the garage after the rain stops.
Section B
Directions: In Section B, you will hear two short passages, and you will be asked three questions on each of the passages. The passages will be read twice, but the questions will be spoken only once. When you hear a question, read the four possible answers on your paper and decide which one would be the best answer to the question you have heard.
Questions 11 through 13 are based on the following passage.
11. A. It helps care for customers’ dogs.
C. None of the dogs are caged.
12. A. She likes the food there.
C. She can have free coffee.
13. A. A new kind of café.
B. You have to buy food for dogs. D. There is a dog named Princess. B. She enjoys the fun with a pet. D. She doesn’t like to be alone. B. A new brand of coffee. D. A new way to raise pets.C. A new home for pets.
Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.
14. A. A trend that high achievers are given a lower salary.
B. A view that life quality is more important than pay.
C. A dream of the young for fast-paced jobs.
D. A new term created by high achievers.
15. A. 10%. B. 12%. D. 7%. C. 6%
16. A. People are less satisfied with their lives. B. The financial investment may increase.
C. Well-paid jobs are not easy to find.
Section C D. Unexpected problems may arise.
Directions: In Section C, you will hear two longer conversations. The conversations will be read twice. After you hear each conversation, you are required to fill in the numbered blanks with the information you have heard. Write your answers on your answer sheet.
Blanks 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation.
Complete the form. Write ONE WORD for each answer.
Blanks 21 through 24 are based on the following conversation.
Complete the form. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.
II. Grammar and Vocabulary
Section A
Directions: After reading the passages below, fill in the blanks to make the passages coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.
(A)
Gift from a stranger
My local supermarket is always busy. The first parking space I found was convenient, but I’d noticed a woman in a blue car circling for a while. (25) _________ I was in a good mood, I let her have it. On the edge of the car park I backed into the next available spot—it was a tight fit.
Pretty soon I’d made my way through the supermarket and was back in the fresh air. Feeling good, I (26)________ (empty) my purse change into the hands of a homeless man and helped a struggling woman reverse park.
Just as I approached my car, I saw the woman I’d let have my car spot earlier. She was giving me (27) ______ odd look—half puzzled, half intent (热切的). I smiled and wished her a pleasant day. As I squeezed back into my car, I saw the same lady (28) ______ (look) in at me. “Hello,” she said, hesitantly. “This (29) ______ sound crazy but I was on my way to drop some of my mother’s things off at the charity bins. You are just so much (30) ______ her. You helped those people, I noticed, and you seemed so happy.” She looked at me meaningfully and passed a box in through the window. “I think she would like you to have it.” (31) _________ (shock), I took it from her automatically. She smiled and walked away.
After a pause, I opened the box. Inside was a beautiful gold necklace with a large grey pearl. It was (32) ______ (nice) gift I’d ever received, and it was from a complete stranger. The necklace was around my neck, a warm reminder of human kindness.
(B)
Ask Helpful Hannah
Dear Helpful Hannah,
I’ve got a problem with my husband, Sam. He bought a smartphone a couple of months ago, and he took it on our recent ski vacation to Colorado. It was a great trip except for one problem. He has a constant urge (33) _______ (check) for text messages; he checks his phone every five minutes! He’s so addicted to it that he just can’t stand the idea (34) ________ there may be an important text. He can’t help checking even at inappropriate times like when we are eating in a restaurant and I am talking to him! He behaves (35) ______ _______ any small amount of boredom can make him feel the need to check his phone even when he knows he shouldn’t. The temptation to see (36) _______ is contacting him is just too great. When I ask him to please put down the phone and stop (37)_______ (ignore) me, he says, “In a minute,” but still checks to see if (38) _______ has posted something new on the Internet. Our life (39) ______ (interrupt). If we go somewhere and I ask him to leave the phone at home, he suffers from withdrawal symptoms. Maybe this dependency on his smartphone has become more than an everyday problem.
I recently read an article about “nomophobia,” (40) _______ is a real illness people can suffer
from the fear of being without your phone! I am worried that Sam may be suffering from this illness because he feels anxious if he doesn’t have his phone with him, even for a short time. Who would have thought that little devices like these could have brought so much trouble!Sick and Tired Sadie Section B
Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.
Considering how much time people spend in offices, it is important that work spaces be well designed. Well-designed office spaces help create a corporation’s image. They motivate workers, and they make an impression on people who visit and might be potential, or They make businesses work better, and they are a part of the corporate culture we live in.
As we move away from an industrial-based economy to a knowledge-based one, office designers have come up with to the traditional work environments of the past. The design industry has moved away from a fixed office setup and created more flexible “strategic management environments.” These solutions are meant to support better organizational performance.
As employee hierarchies(等级制度)have flattened, or decreased, office designers’ response to this change has been to move open-plan areas to more desirable locations within the office and create fewer formal private offices. The need for increased flexibility has also been changes in workstation design. Office and work spaces often are not to a given person on a permanent basis. Because of changes to methods of working, new designs allow for expansion or movement of desks, storage and equipment within the workstation. Another important design goal is communication, which designers have improved by lowing the walls that workstations. Designers have also created informal gathering places, and upgraded employees’ to heavily trafficked areas such as copy and coffee rooms.
Corporate and institutional office designers often struggle to resolve a number of competing and often demands, including budgetary limits, employee hierarchies and technological
篇二：2014年江苏高考英语试卷(含答案)
txt">第一部分 听力(共两节,满分 20 分)做题时,先将答案标在试卷上。 录音内容结束后,你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。
第一节 (共 5 小题;每小题 1 分,满分 5 分)
听下面 5 段对话。 每段对话后有一个小题,从题中所给的 A、B、C 三个选项中选出最佳选项,并标在试卷的相应位置。 听完每段对话后,你都有 10 秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。 每段对话仅读一遍。
例: How much is the shirt?
A. ￡ 19. 15. B. ￡ 9. 18. C. ￡ 9. 15.
答案是 C。
1. What does the woman want to do?
A. Find a place.B. Buy a map. C. Get an address.
2. What will the man do for the woman?
A. Repair her car.B. Give her a ride.C. Pick up her aunt.
3. Who might Mr. Peterson be?
A. A new professor. B. A department head.C. A company director.
4. What does the man think of the book?
A. Quite difficult.B. Very interesting.C. Too simple.
5. What are the speakers talking about?
A. Weather.B. Clothes. C. News.
第二节 (共 15 小题;每小题 1 分,满分 15 分)
听下面 5 段对话或独白。 每段对话或独白后有几个小题,从题中所给的 A、B、C 三个选项中选出最佳选项,并标在试卷的相应位置。 听每段对话或独白前,你将有时间阅读各个小题,每小题 5 秒钟;听完后,各小题给出 5 秒钟的作答时间。 每段对话或独白读两遍。
听第 6 段材料,回答第 6、7 题。
6. Why is Harry unwilling to join the woman?
A. He has a pain in his knee.B. He wants to watch TV.C. He is too lazy.
7. What will the woman probably do next?
A. Stay at home. B. Take Harry to hospital.C. Do some exercise. 听第 7 段材料,回答第 8、9 题。
8. When will the man be home from work?
A. At 5:45. B. At 6:15. C. At 6:50.
9. Where will the speakers go?
A. The Green House Cinema. B. The New State Cinema.C. The UME Cinema. 听第 8 段材料,回答第 10 至 12 题。
10. How will the speakers go to New York?
A. By air. B. By taxi. C. By bus.
11. Why are the speakers making the trip?
A. For business.B. For shopping. C. For holiday.
12. What is the probable relationship between the speakers?
A. Driver and passenger. B. Husband and wife. C. Fellow workers.
听第 9 段材料,回答第 13 至 16 题。
13. Where does this conversation probably take place?
A. In a restaurant.B. In an office. C. In a classroom.
14. What does John do now?
A. He’s a trainer.B. He’s a tour guide. C. He’s a college student.
15. How much can a new person earn for the first year?
A. ＄10,500.B. ＄12,000. C. ＄15,000.
16. How many people will the woman hire?
A. Four. B. Three. C. Two.
听第 10 段材料,回答第 17 至 20 题。
17. How long has the speaker lived in a big city?
A. One year.B. Ten years. C. Eighteen years.
18. What is the speaker’s opinion on public transport?
A. It’s comfortable. B. It’s time-saving. C. It’s cheap.
19. What is good about living in a small town?
A. It’s safer.B. It’s healthier. C. It’s more convenient.
20. What kind of life does the speaker seem to like most?
A. Busy. B. Colourful. C. Quiet.
第二部分: 英语知识运用 (共两节, 满分 35 分)
第一节: 单项填空 (共 15 小题; 每小题 1 分, 满分 15 分)
请阅读下面各题, 从题中所给的 A、 B、 C、 D 四个选项中, 选出最佳选项, 并在答题卡上 将该项涂黑。
例: It is generally considered unwise to give a child ________ he or she wants.
A. howeverB. whateverC. whicheverD. whenever
答案是 B。
21. Lessons can be learned to face the future, ________ history cannot be changed.
A. thoughB. as C. since D. unless
22. The book has helped me greatly in my daily communication, especially at work ________ a good impression is a must.
A. whichB. whenC. asD. where
23. —How much do you know about the Youth Olympic Games to be held in Nanjing?
—Well, the media ________ it in a variety of forms.
A. coverB. will coverC. have covered D. covered
24. Tom always goes jogging in the morning and he usually does push-ups too to stay ________.
A. in place B. in orderC. in shape D. in fashion
25. Top graduates from universities are ________ by major companies.
A. chasedB. registeredC. offered D. compensated
26. —What a mess! You are always so lazy!
—I’m not to blame, mum. I am ________ you have made me.
A. howB. whatC. that D. who
27. She was put under house arrest two years ago but remained a powerful ________ in last year’s election.
A. symbolB. portraitC. identity D. statue
28. The idea “happiness, ” ________, will not sit still for easy definition.
A. to be rigid B. to be sureC. to be perfect D. to be fair
29. The lecture ________, a lively question-and-answer session followed.
A. being given B. having given C. to be given D. having been given
30. —Dad, I don’t think Oliver the right sort of person for the job.
—I see. I’ll go right away and ________.
A. pay him back B. pay him offC. put him awayD. put him off
31. It was sad to me that they, so poor themselves, ________ bring me food.
A. mightB. wouldC. should D. could
32. I can’t meet you on Sunday. I’ll be ________ occupied.
A. alsoB. just C. nevertheless D. otherwise
33. Legend has it that the origin of the Dragon Boat Festival is to ________ the soul of Qu Yuan.
A. remember B. remindC. recover D. recall
34. Good families are much to all their members, but ________ to none.
A. something B. anythingC. everything D. nothing
35. —________ ! Somebody has left the lab door open.
—Don’t look at me.
A. Dear me B. Hi, thereC. Thank goodnessD. Come on
第二节: 完形填空 (共 20 小题; 每小题 1 分, 满分 20 分)
请阅读下面短文, 从短文后各题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中, 选出最佳选项, 并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Dale Carnegie rose from the unknown of a Missouri farm to international fame because he found a way to fill a universal human need.
It was a need that he first back in 1906 when young Dale was a junior at State Teachers College in Warrensburg. To get an , he was struggling against many difficulties. His family was poor. His Dad couldn’t afford the at college, so Dale had to ride horseback 12 miles to attend classes. Study had to be done his farm-work routines. He withdrew from many school activities he didn’t have the time or the the football team, but the coach turned him down for being too an inferiority complex (自卑感), which his mother knew could 45 him from achieving his real potential. She that Dale join the debating team, believing that Dale took his mother’s advice, tried desperately and after several attempts made it. This proved to be a point in his life. Speaking before groups did help him gain the he needed. By the time Dale was a senior, he had won every top honor in and they, Out of this early struggle to his feelings of inferiority, Dale came to understand that the ability toan idea to an audience builds a person’s confidence. And, it, Dale knew he could do anything he wanted to do—and so could others.
36. A. admittedB. filledC. suppliedD. recognized
37. A. assignment B. educationC. advantageD. instruction
38. A. trainingB. boardC. teachingD. equipment
39. A. betweenB. duringC. overD. through
40. A. whileB. whenC. becauseD. though
41. A. permitsB. interest C. talentD. clothes
42. A. onB. for C. in D. with
43. A. lightB. flexible C. optimisticD. outgoing
44. A. gainingB. achievingC. developingD. obtaining
45. A. preventB. protectC. saveD. free
46. A. suggested B. demanded C. requiredD. insisted
47. A. presenceB. practiceC. patienceD. potential
48. A. hopefully B. certainlyC. finallyD. naturally
49. A. keyB. breakingC. basicD. turning
50. A. progress
51. A. horse-riding
52. A. in return
53. A. convey
54. A. express
55. A. besidesB. experienceB. football B. in brief B. overcome B. stress B. beyond C. competenceC. speech C. in turn D. confidence D. farming D. in fact D. build D. repeat D. with C. understandC. contributeC. like
篇三：2014 
英语
本试卷共12页,三大题,满分135分.考试用时120分钟
注意事项：
1. 答卷前，考生务必用黑色笔迹的钢笔或签字笔将自己的姓名和考生号、考场号、座位号填写在答题卡上。用2B铅笔讲试卷类型（A）填涂在答题卡相应的位置上。将条形码横贴在答题卡右上角“条形码粘贴处”。
2.选择题每小题选出答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上学科网对应题目选项的答案信息点涂黑；如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案，答案不能答在试卷上。
3.非选择题必须用黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔作答，答案必须写在答题卡各题目指定区域内相应位置上；如需改动，先划掉原来的答案，然后再写上新的答案；不准使用铅笔和涂改液。不按以上要求作答的答案无效。
4.考生必须保持答题卡的整洁，考试结束后，将试题与答题卡一并交回。
I 语言知识及应用（共两节，满分45分）
第一节 完形填空 (共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1—15各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Parents feel that it is difficult to live with teenagers. Then again, teenagers have feelings about their parents, saying that it is not easy living with them. According to a recent research, the most common between parents and teenagers is that regarding untidiness and daily routine tasks. On the one hand, parents go mad over rooms, clothes thrown on the floor and their children’s refusal to help with the . On the other hand, teenagers lose their patience continually zxxkwhen parents blame them for the towel in the bathroom, not cleaning up their room or refusing to do the shopping at the supermarket.
The research, conducted by St. George University, shows that different parents have different to these problems. However, some approaches are more than others. For example, those parents who yell at their children for their untidiness, but clean the room for them, have fewer chances of changing their children’s . On the contrary, those who let teenagers experience the of their actions can do better. For example, when teenagers who don’t help their parents with the shopping don’t find their favorite drink in the refrigerator, they are forced to their actions.
Psychologists say that is the most important thing in parent-child relationships. Parents should to their children but at the same time they should lend an ear to what they have to say. Parents may their children when they are untidy but they should also understand that their room is their own private space. Communication is a two-way process. It is only by listening to and each other that problems between parents and children can be settled.
1. A. natural B. strongC. guilty
2. A. interest B. argument C. link
3. A. noisy B. crowded zxxk C. messy
4. A. homeworkB. housework C. problem
5. A. washing B. using C. dropping
6. A. approachesB. contributions C. introductions
7. A. complex B. popularC. scientific
8. A. later B. deliberatelyC. seldom
9. A. behavior B. taste C. future
10. A. failures B. changesC. consequences
11. A. defend B. delay C. repeat
12. A. communication B. bond C. friendship
13. A. reply B. attend C. attach
14. A. hate B. scold C. frighten
15. A. loving B. observingC. understanding
D. similar D. knowledge D. locked D. research D. replacing D. attitudes D. successful D. thoroughly D. nature D. thrills D. reconsider D. trust D. talk D. stop D. praising
第二节 语法填空（共10题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卡标号为16—25的相应位置上。
Last year, my brother and I went to Miami for a vacation. Some of my friends who had planned for months. When the day came, we were ready.
After our plane landed, we went to the hotel. We had made our reservation six
（early）, but the man at the front desk said there had been a mistake. We 18_____（tell）that our rooms hadn’t been reserved for that week, 19_____ for the week after. I didn’t understand 20____ this would happen and my credit card had already been charged______ the reservation. What’s worse, the hotel had been fully booked. When we were wondering what to do, the manager came out. She was 22_____（surprise）helpful. She apologized for the mistake and gave us a spare VIP room on 23_____ top floor. We had never stayed in such an amazing room, and we weren’t charged extra.
The next day, my brother and I went to the beach 24____ we watched some people play volleyball. We got a little_____（sunburn），but the day had been so relaxing that we didn’t mind.
2、语法填空
16. it 考代词。
17. earlier 考形容词比较级。
18. were told 考谓语动词根据时态语态以及主谓一致规则的变化。
19. but 并列连词。
20. why 宾语从句的连接词。
21. for 考介词。
22. surprisingly 词性转换。
23. the 考冠词。
24. where 定语从句连接词。
25. sunburned/ sunburnt 考动词变为非谓语动词。
Ⅱ 阅读 (共两节，满分50分)
第一节 阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A
Samuel Osmond is a 19-year-old law student from Cornwall, England. He never studied the piano. However, he can play very difficult musical zxxk pieces by musicians such as Chopin and Beethoven just a few minutes after he hears them. He learns a piece of music by listening to it in parts. Then he thinks about the notes in his head. Two years ago, he played his first piece Moonlight Sonata（奏鸣曲）by Beethoven. He surprised everyone around him.
Amazed that he remembered this long and zxxkdifficult piece of music and played it perfectly, his teachers say Samuel is unbelievable .They say his ability is very rare, but Samuel doesn’t even realize that what he can do is special. Samuel wanted to become a lawyer as it was the wish of his parents, but music teachers told him he should study music instead. Now, he studies law and music.
Samuel can’t understand why everyone is so surprised. “I grew up with music. My mother played the piano and my father played the guitar. About two years ago, I suddenly decided to start playing the piano, without being able to read music and without having any lessons. It comes easily to me ---I hear the notes and can bear them in mind---each and every note,” says Samuel.
Recently, Samuel performed a piece during a zxxkspecial event at his college. The piece
had more than a thousand notes. The audience was impressed by his amazing performance. He is now learning a piece that is so difficult that many professional pianists can’t play it. Samuel says confidently,” It’s all about super memory---I guess I have that gift.”
However, Samuel’s ability to remember things doesn’t stop with music. His family says that even when he was a young boy, Samuel heard someone read a story, and then he could retell the story word for word.
Samuel is still only a teenager. He doesn’t know what he wants to do in the future. For now, he is just happy to play beautiful music and continue his zxxkstudies.
26. What is special about Samuel Osmond?
A. He has a gift for writing music.
B. He can write down the note he hears.
C. He is a top student at the law school.
D. He can play the musical piece he hears.
27. What can we learn form the passage?
A. Samuel chose law against the wish of his parents.
B. Samuel planned to be a lawyer rather than a musician.
C. Samuel thinks of himself as a man of great musical ability.
D. Samuel studies law and music on the advice of his teachers.
28. Everyone around Samuel was surprised because he _________.
A. received a good early education in music
B. played the guitar and the piano perfectly
C. could play the piano without reading music
D. could play the guitar better than his father
29. What can we infer about Samuel in Paragraph 4?
A. He became famous during a special event at his college.
B. He is proud of his ability to remember things accurately.
C. He plays the piano better than many professional pianists.
D. He impressed the audience by playing all the musical pieces.
30. Which of the following is the best title of the passage?
A. The Qualities of a Musician
B. The Story of a Musical Talent
C. The Importance of Early Education
D. The Relationship between Memory and Music.
B
It was a cold winter day. A woman drove up to the Rainbow Bridge tollbooth (收费站). “I’m paying for myself, and for the six cars behind me,” she said with a smile, handing over seven tickets. One after another, the next six drivers arriving at the tollbooth were informed, “Some lady up ahead already paid your fare.”
It turned out that the woman, Natalie Smith, had read something on a friend’s refrigerator: “Practice random kindness and senseless acts of beauty.” The phrase impressed her so much that she copied it down.
Judy Foreman spotted the same phrase on a warehouse wall far away from home. When it stayed on her mind for days, she gave up and drove all the way back to copy it down. “I thought it was beautiful,” she said, explaining why she’d taken to writing it at the bottom of all her letters, “like a message from above.” Her husband, Frank, liked the phrase so much that he put it up on the classroom wall for his students, one of whom was the daughter of Alice Johnson, a local news reporter. Alice put it in the newspaper, admitting that though she liked it, she didn’t
know where it came from or what it really meant.
Two days later, Alice got a call from Anne zxxkHerbert, a woman living in Marin. It was in a restaurant that Anne wrote the phrase down on a piece of paper, after turning it around in her mind for days.
“Here’s the idea,” Anne says. “Anything you think there should be more of, do it randomly.” Her fantasies include painting the classrooms of shabby schools, leaving hot meals on kitchen tables in the poor part of town, and giving money secretly to a proud old lady. Anne says, “
The acts of random kindness spread. If you were one of those drivers who found your fare paid, who knows what you might have been inspired to do for someone else later. Like all great events, kindness begins slowly, with every single act. Let it be yours!
31. Why did Natalie Smith pay for the six cars behind her?
A. She knew the car drivers well.
B. She wanted to show kindness.
C. She hoped to please others.
D. She had seven tickets.
32. Judy Foreman copied down the phrase because she.
A. thought it was beautifully written
B. wanted to know what it really meant
C. decided to write it on a warehouse wall
D. wanted her husband to put it up in the classroom
33. Who came up with the phrase according to the passage?
A. Judy Foreman.
B. Natalie Smith.
C. Alice Johnson.
D. Anne Herbert.
34. Which of the following statements is closest in the meaning to the underlined sentence above?
A. Kindness and violence can change the world.
B. Kindness and violence can affect one’s behavior.
C. Kindness and violence can reproduce themselves.
D. Kindness and violence can shape one’s character.
35. What can we infer from the last paragraph?
A. People should practice random kindness to those in need.
B. People who receive kindness are likely to offer it to others.
C. People should practice random kindness to strangers they meet.
D. People who receive kindness are likely to pay it back to the giver.
C
Like many new graduates, I left university full of hope for the future but with no real idea of what I wanted to do. My degree, with honors, in English literature had not really prepared me for anything practical. I knew I wanted to make a difference in the world somehow, but I had no idea how to do that. That’s when I learned about the zxxk Lighthouse Project.
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Eventually, however, I won the support of my family, and I sent in all the paperwork needed for the application. After countless interviews and presentations, I managed to stand out among the candidates and survive the test alone. Several months later, I finally received a call asking