Passage 1
词数：191 题材：动物知识 建议阅读时间：6分钟
Many people believe that a bird's home and place to sleep is its nest, but is that true?
Zoologists （动物学家） have found that birds don't roost （栖息） over-night in their n 1 , even if a storm is coming. Ducks and swans often hide their heads u 2 their wings and float on the water at night. Cranes, with their long legs, are f 3 of sleeping on the ground.
Since they don't s 4 in the nest, why do birds still build nests? Birds usually lay and hatch eggs in their nests. After the eggs are hatched, the nest becomes a place for a m 5 bird to take care of her chicks. The nest soon becomes c 6 as the chicks grow. After some time, there is no longer room for the mother in the nest. After the chicks grow into adult birds, the nests are abandoned.
There are nine thousand species of birds on the Earth and most of them only use nests for breeding. So a bird's nest is n 7 its home. It doesn't sleep there at night.
答案
1. nests 此处不难确定是鸟巢，但需用复数。
2. under 介词搭配，躲在翅膀下。
3. fond 固定搭配，“be fond of doing sth.”指“习惯于做某事”。
4. sleep 上下文理解，上文提到“sleeping on the ground”，所以此处同义转换为“don't sleep in the nest”。
5. mother 上下文理解，下文讲到照顾小鸟，所以一定是母鸟。
6. crowded 上下文理解，下文提到鸟儿长大了，鸟巢肯定会因此而变得拥挤。
7. not 通读全文之后，可知鸟巢并非鸟儿的家，只是鸟儿哺育小鸟的地方。此题主要考查学生的归纳能力。
长难句解析
After some time, there is no longer room for the mother in the nest. 句意：一段时间之后，鸟巢内就没有空间能容纳鸟妈妈了。 解析：“room”作可数名词时，解释为“房间”；作不可数名词时，解释为“空间”。
Passage 2
词数：255 题材：人生哲理 建议阅读时间：7分钟
What makes you happy in life? Perhaps it is the love of your family or the friendship of your classmates. We all want people to like us, so it is n  1 for us to do what we can to please others. H  2  , we also know that this is not always possible. Life does not always run smoothly for us and mistakes happen.
What happens when you make a mistake? Do you try to h  3 the fact, or deny any responsibility? We all know that this behavior usually makes the situation much w  4  . As we grow and mature, we should realize the best thing to do after a mistake is m  5  is to accept responsibility, and to offer an apology to those affected.
Taking ownership of a mistake and saying you're sorry allows several positive things to happen. It helps people to regain trust and confidence in you, and it helps people to repair any d  6 that was caused by the mistake.
Another very important aspect of saying you're sorry is that it helps you to regain respect for yourself. It allows you to put a mistake behind you, and to move on with your life. Accepting responsibility also helps us to learn from our errors, and encourages us not to repeat them in the future. Perhaps it also helps us to learn how to forgive others who make mistakes. Learning to say you're sorry is a sure way to learn how to r  7 yourself and others.
答案
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1. natural 人们喜欢被人喜欢，所以就自然会为了获得别人的好感而讨好别人。
2. However 句子前后是转折关系。
3. hide “hide the fact”指“隐藏事实”。
4. worse 上下文理解，上文提到隐藏事实，这里指隐藏事实会使情况变得更糟。
5. made 此题主要考查固定搭配“make a mistake”。
6. damage
7. respect
长难句解析
1. Taking ownership of a mistake and saying you're sorry allows several positive things to happen.
句意：承认错误并且道歉会使很多积极的事情发生。
解析：此句的主语较复杂，“Taking ownership of a mistake and saying you're sorry”中既包含动名词短语，又包括宾语从句“you're sorry”。
2. It helps people to regain trust and confidence in you, and it helps people to repair any damage that was caused by the mistake.
句意：它可以帮助人们重获信任和信心，并且有助于人们修复由错误导致的损伤。
解析：前半句中的“trust and confidence in sb.”表示“对某人的信任与信 心”；后半句中的“that was caused by the mistake”是定语从句，修饰先行 词“damage”。
Passage 3
词数：197 题材：人物传记 建议阅读时间：6分钟
Stella McCartney was born famous. She was the daughter of Paul McCartney, a member of the famous band“the Beatles （甲壳虫乐队）”. But Stella's parents wanted her to live a normal and independent life. Little Stella went to state school and earned pocket money on her o  1  . She c  2 get money easily from her parents. When she wanted to spend money, she had to clean dishes at a restaurant near her home.
While Stella had the looks to become a model, she was most i  3 in designing. At the age of twelve, she made her first jacket. Three years later, she started working on her first fashion d  4  collection.
When she attended college, some students called her“Daddy's Girl”. But in her first fashion show, she showed her a  5 to everyone.
Later, Stella studied very hard and worked for some famous brands. In 2001, Stella opened her f  6  fashion house, and began to have famous customers, such as Cameron Diaz and Liv Tyler. She also designed a wedding dress for Madonna.
Now, Stella is a famous fashion designer. No doubt, she made her s  7  on her own.
答案
1. own 固定词组，“on one's own”指“靠某人自己”。
2. couldn't 上下文理解，她父母要培养她自力更生的能力，因此不会轻易给她钱。
3. interested 固定词组，“be interested in sth.”指“对某事感兴趣”。
4. design 上文提到Stella喜欢服装设计，所以此处是指她开始为她的时装设计展做准备。只要注意到上文出现过的“designing”，就不难想到此处应填其原形“design”。