周三，韩国沉没的“岁月”号游轮上的幸存学生返校读书。在起诉游轮上的机组人员由于沉船后延迟救助导致大量学生死亡的同时，人们也对韩国政府长期以来只重视发展经济而忽视安全问题的做法开始反思，朴槿惠政府面临多方批评和质疑。

2014年世界杯为防止任何形式的安全事故，巴西投入了大量的人力物力，安保投资是南非世界杯的五倍之多。大街之上，赛场周围，三步一岗，五步一哨，海陆空立体防卫。而美国队等七国球队，更是要求给与最高级别的安全服务。

每年的春天或秋天，在日本从幼儿园到高中都要组织学生们参加运动会，那天，许多家长也来学校为他们的孩子喝彩。 

环境问题已经成为一个严重的不容忽视的问题，尤其是厄尔尼诺和极端天气，它们直接影响着我们的气候，科学家称需为厄尔尼诺和极端天气做好准备。

巧克力被誉为“食物中的上帝”，几个世纪以来，人们一直享受着美味的巧克力。可可和巧克力是玛雅文化的重要部分，同时，巧克力在欧洲和美国也是非常受欢迎的，因此巧克力的制作是非常大的生意，每年市场价值超过50亿美元，但是可可树的种植条件比较苛刻，使得巧克力的价格比较昂贵。

D    This year, The Voice of China (the second season) hit China again. The Voice of China was a Chinese reality talent show. It has greatly influenced China. Chinese audiences are also broadening their musical taste. And it wanted to bring back China’s belief in music. “Almost every other show in China looks at someone’s appearance to judge their talent,” says The Voice of China director Zhang Weiqi. “This isn’t one of those shows.”The Voice of China was on Zhejiang Television. It gave a good stage for the people who loved singing songs and gave them a choice to show their voice people all over the world. In this season, Wang Feng, Na Ying, Zhang Huimei and Yu Chengqing were the teachers. They were popular and people liked to listen to their songs very much. They gave their students lots of help and helped them make great progress. The final battle was on October 1, 2013. Li Qi, the singer from Amei’s family won the first prize. Zhang Hengyuan was second and Xuan Xuan was third. We hopewe can watch this programme next year.

C“Where Are We Going, Dad?” is the theme song of the star parenting reality TV show.Produced by Hunan Satellite TV, the show invites five male stars from different fields and their children. The guests are Olympic diver-turned-actor Tian Liang and his 5-year-old daughter Tian Yucheng(Cindy), Taiwanese actor Jimmy Lin and his 4-year-old son Kimi, actor Guo Tao and his six-year-old son Guo Zirui(nickname: Little Stone), model Zhang Liang and his six-year-old son Zhang Xuanyu (Nickname: Tiantian), director Wang Yuelun and his 4-year-old daughter Wang Shiling(Angela).  “Where Are We Going, Dad” has aired every Friday night at 10pm on Hunan Satellite TVsince October 11th. According to Baidu Baike, every episode of “Where Are WeGoing, Dad” all topped the charts.In every episode, the star fathers and their children spend quality time together and complete different tasks without the company of the mothers.The first two episodes recorded a three-day trip to a village on the outskirts of Beijing, while the third and fourth episodes sent the guests to the desert. Thenthey went to Yunnan, Hunan and Shandong, ect. The children are between 4 and 6years old, all of whom were well-known as soon as the first episode came out.This reality show has generated heated discussions about parenting, fatherhood,childhood, as well as the stars’ careers and wives.   The eighth episode recorded in Shandong aired last night. We hope to see more.

BMany cities have interesting nicknames. New Orleans probably has more nicknames than any other American city. One web site lists its more than twenty nicknames. The most famous is “The Big Easy”. It shows the slow and easy-going way of life in New Orleans.So how did the city getthis nickname? In the early 1900s there was a dance hall in New Orleans called“The Big Easy”. But the nickname did not become famous until the early 1970s.That was when a newspaper writer began calling New Orleans by this name. Shecompared the easy-going way of life there to the hurried pace of life in New York City. In 1970, James Conaway wrote a book called “The Big Easy”. The storywas in New Orleans. In 1987, they made that book into a film. It made thenickname even more popular.    New Orleans has other nicknames. Another nickname is“The Birthplace of Jazz”, because that kind of music started in New Orleans.And, there is a nickname that uses the short way to write New Orleans and Louisiana. It you do not want to use the complete  name, you can call the city “NOLA.”

第二部分  阅读理解 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。                           AThe success of China’s first lesson from space has opened a new part in China’s education history. More than three hundred students joined the class at the High School of Renmin University in Beijing and asked the astronauts (宇航员) questions.The first space teacher Wang Yaping make more teenagers become interested in science. She did some experiments to show what happens in zero gravity.The students are surprised to see what a big difference between space and the Earth.China’s first spacelesson was so amazing that students still talked about it the day after it. Theysay it’s necessary to have deep discussion about the experiments and there are still much more to learn. Xu Haibo said, “I felt that science and physics arevery interesting, sometimes it’s very beautiful. So I think it’s necessary for me to learn more about science and physics in the future.” Si Zishuo said, “Ithink I and other teenagers in China and all over the world should do something for space science. We should study harder and learn more things from outerspace.”    The space lesson will surely have a great influence on Chinese children. It might be a turning point for some who have space dreams.And their dreams will make them work harder at science.

第一部分  完形填空阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。  I bought a jasmine(茉莉) plant for my office.When I bought it, someone told me that it would bloom and the sweet smell would __1__ my office. I had the plant for two months, and every day I __2__it, but there weren’t any flowers __3__ pleasant smell. I was not happy,so I gave the __4__ to my friend Linda.One day, __5__ friend Mary rang me up and invitedme to her office. __6__ I walked in, her jasmine flowers surprised me. Ireached out to touch the flowers. Mary cut some and gave them to me. I couldn’thelp __7__ them. When I enjoyed the sweet smell of only a handful ofthese flowers, I suddenly understood __8__.    Mary bought her plant the same time I did.It __9__ a year for her jasmine to bloom. I was so impatient for mine tobloom. I regretted I __10__.    In a way my life is like the jasmine plant.I need to be patient and let things happen.