27. How many persons of the family are mentioned to have been involved in the reunion ?

A. 4 B. 5 C. 6 D. 7

28. Which of the following is true?

A. Kern’s sudden return surprised all his family.

B. Kern left the army without permission.

C. Kern was afraid of his wife.

D. Kern had an unpaid leave from the army.

C

A picture of a young boy reading to an orange cat uploaded to Reddit has gone widespread, making a “Book Buddies” program well known. The program makes it possible for children in grades 1-8 to read to homeless cats at The Animal Rescue League of Berks County (Berks ARL) in Birdsboro, Pennsylvania.

“Book Buddies” started in August 2013, inspired by a fifth grader named Sean, the 10-year-old son of the shelter’s program coordinator(协调员)Kristi Rodriguez, who was having trouble reading. As Berks ARL Marketing & Communications Director Beth Ireland tells TIME, “We took him to the cat room and said, ‘Why don’t yopractice reading here? The cats aren’t going to care if yomess up.”

So far the children have been reading a lot of vampire(吸血鬼)books to the cats, and the cats can be seen showing lots of loving affection towards the children. NewsFeed has come up with some other recommendations: Dr. Seuss’s The Cat in the Hat, Tennessee Williams’s Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Charles Perrault’s Puss in Boots, and the Garfield comic strips.

29. The underlined word “soothing” in Paragraph2 most probably means_______.

A. boring B. exciting C. relaxing D. exhausting

30. From the text we know________.

A. “Book Buddies” was named by Sean

B. Sean had some difficulty in reading

C. Kristi Rodriguez was the founder of “Book Buddies”

D. some famous writers support the “Book Buddies” program

31. Which of the following can be the best title of the text?

A. Cats’ Favorite Books

B. Children’s Best Friends

C. Cats Help Children Read

D. Children Read Books to Cats

D

It’s been recently reported that on average we spend over two hours each day looking at a smartphone. That doesn’t mean making calls, but using apps and browsing the Web. Spend that amount of time staring at anything.

Checking our email in a restaurant, sharing a picture of the food when it arrives, or checking a fact during a conversation only leads to reading more instead of communicating orally. It’s no secret our lives are being affected by our obsession with smartphones. However, never before has this phenomenon been displayed so vividly(生动地) as in the short YouTube film I Forgot My Phone. Though only being online for a few days, it’s already been viewed more than 10.5 million times.

Ironically(讽刺地), YouTube’s statistics show that the site gets a billion views per day from mobile devices, so a lot of those people watched it on their phones.

The short film, written by and starring actress Charlene deGuzman, shows groups of people in various social situations, most of which are completely attracted by their phones instead of the world around them. It’s depressing(令人沮丧的) because we’ve all seen it, and sad because to a certain degree, we all do it.

32. According to the passage, staring at a smart phone too much can ________.

A. make one lazier to chat with others

B. develop one’s concentration

C. bring more attraction

D. enrich one’s life

33. The underlined part “obsession with” in paragraph 2 can best be replaced by_________.

A. disappointment of B. addiction to

C. independence from D. misunderstanding of

34. By mentioning the YouTube’s statistics, the author wants to _______.

A. warn the people who watched the YoTube film

B. think highly of the YouTube film’s popularity

C. make readers believe the reality of the YouTube film.