You wake up in the morning，the day is beautiful and the plans for the day are what you have been looking forward to for a long time．Then the telephone rings，you say hello, and the drama starts．The person on the other end has a depressing(令人沮丧的) tone in his voice as he starts to tell you how terrible his morning is and that there is nothing to look forward to．You are still in a wonderful mood? Impossible!
Communicating with negative people can wash out your happiness．It may not change what you think，but communicating long enough with them will make you feel depressed for a moment or a long time．
Life brings ups and downs，but some people are stuck in the wrong idea that life has no happiness to offer．They only feel glad when they make others feel bad．No wonder they can hardly win others’ pity or respect．
When you communicate with positive people，your spirit stays happy and therefore more positive things are attracted．When the dagger(匕首)of a negative person is put in you．you feel the heavy feeling that all in all，brings you down．
Sometimes we have no choice but to communicate with negative people．This could be a co-worker，or relative．In this case，say what needs to be said as little as possible． Sometimes it feels good to let out your anger back to a negative person，but all this does is to lower you to that same negative level and they won’t feel ashamed of themselves about that．
Negativity often affects happiness without even being realized．The negative words of another at the start of the day can cling to(附着)you throughout the rest of your day，which makes you feel bad and steals your happiness．Life is too short to feel negative．Stay positive and avoid negativity as much as possible．
1.The purpose of the first paragraph is to __________ ．
A. make a comparison B. offer an evidence
C. introduce a topic D. describe a daily scene
2.How can negative people have effect on us?
A. By influencing our emotion．
B. By telling US the nature of life．
C. By changing our way of thinking．
D. By comparing their attitude to life with ours．
3.Some negative people base their happiness on _________ ．
A. other people’s pity for them
B. making other people unhappy
C. building up a positive attitude
D. other people’s respect for them
4.According to the passage, to reduce negative people's influence on us，
we are advised _______ ．
A. to change negative people’s attitude to life
B. to show our dissatisfaction to negative people
C. to make negative people feel ashamed of themselves
D. to communicate with negative people as little as possible
5.What can we learn about negativity?
A. Its effect can last．
B. Its effect can be completely avoided．
C. It hardly happens among family members．
D. Its effect is smaller than the effect created by a positive person．
Having returned from her round trip, the angry woman stood outside the ticket office. "The railway owes me $12, " she said to Harry Jenks, the young man working at the office. "You sold me a ticket for May 22nd, but there was no ship from Jersey that night. So my daughter and I had to stay in a hotel. It cost me $12. "
Harry was worried. He remembered selling the woman a return ticket. "Come into the office, Madam, "he said politely. "I'll check the Jersey timetable for May 22nd. "
The woman and her little girl followed him inside. She was quite right, as Harry soon discovered. There was no sailing on May 22nd. How could he have made such a careless mistake? He shouldn't have sold her a ticket for that day. Wondering what to do, he smiled at the child. "You look sunburnt, "he said to her. "Did you have a nice holiday in Jersey?"
"Yes", she answered, shyly. "The beach was lovely. And I can swim too!"
"That's fine, "said Harry. "My little girl can't swim a bit yet. Of course, she's only three'""
"I'm four, "the child said proudly. "I'll be four and a half. "
Harry turned to the mother." I remember your ticket, Madam, "he said. "But you didn't get one for your daughter, did you?"
"Er, well", "the woman looked at the child." I mean … she hasn't started school yet. She's only four. "
"A four-year-old child must have a ticket, Madam. A child's return ticket to Jersey costs' "let me see … $ 13. 5. So if the railway pays your hotel, you will owe $1. 5. The law is law, but since the fault (过错) was mine…".
The woman stood up, took the child's hand and left the office.
1.The woman was angry because .
A. she returned home one day later than she thought
B. she spent more money than she had planned
C. there was no ship when she arrived at the station in Jersey
D. the young man didn't sell her the ticket for a round trip
2.Harry felt worried because .
A. he didn't change the timetable in time
B. the woman was too angry with him
C. the woman didn't buy a ticket for her daughter
D. he didn't do his work carefully enough
3.Harry started talking to the little girl because .
A. he had a little girl about the same age as this girl
B. he wanted to find a way out from the little girl
C. he was in difficulty and did not know what to do
D. he wanted to show his friendliness to the little girl
4.The underlined sentence means that .
A. she should pay $1. 5, but as he had made a mistake, she could go without paying
B. the woman had to pay him $1. 5, and the railway would pay for the hotel
C. they have to follow it without other choice, even though the fault was his
D. he must be strict with the woman because of the laws, though he didn't want to
5.Why did the woman leave the office without saying anything?
A. She knew she would have to pay the railway $ 13.5.
B. She knew that it was her fault to come to ask for the $12.
C. She became even more angry with the young man and didn't want to see him.
D. She was going home to get the money to pay for her daughter's ticket.
I once thought that outer beauty is the only factor to become a great person．When I was young, I read many kinds of books, most of which described characters who are handsome or beautiful. So I think that being beautiful is the only way to become a success.
As I grew up，the story of my best friend made me realize that outer beauty was not so important to make a person successful. She is so beautiful a girl that every classmate liked to chat with her, but she was very arrogant(傲慢)．In her opinion, she could get all she wanted because of her beauty, but all of her friends left her one by one! Only then did she come to know the importance of the beauty in a person's heart, which changed her attitude and she made friends again．
Turning on TV，we can see many advertisements, most of which seem to give us a feeling that, physical attractiveness is the most important thing．There seems to be a boom in plastic surgery．It is surprising that more and more people，especially girls and women, try it like the first man-made beauty in China, Hao Lulu. It is a common sense that attractive people can easily find work. Most good looking guys, usually get higher scores in the job interviews. But, what is real beauty? I want to say that is inner beauty because those who have beauty in their soul are really beautiful persons．
As is known, the beauty judged with eyes is temporary, so we should concentrate on inner beauty. And if we make the efforts to make our minds beautiful, we’ll live a happier life.
1.Why did the author want to have a good appearance when she was young?
A．Because she wanted to be one of the characters in the book.
B．Because she wanted to get higher scores in the job interviews.
C. Because she wanted to follow the example of her friend
D．Because the successful characters in the books she read were attractive.
2.Why did the writer refer to her friend’s story?
A. To show how important outer beauty is．
B. To show how terrible to be a beautiful girl.
C. To show the importance of the beauty in a person’s heart.
D. To show how beautiful her friend was．
3.What does the underlined sentence in the third paragraph mean?
A. A large number of people pay attention to outer beauty．
B. Surgery is becoming more and more popular．
C. More people can afford the price of doing plastic surgery.
D. The living standard has been improved over the past years.
4.Which of the following covers the passage best?
A. How do attractive persons become successful?
B. Inner beauty is the real beauty．
C. The key factor to find a good job is being attractive．
D. Plastic surgery is the best way to make a person more beautiful.
5.What do we know from the passage?
A. If you are too beautiful，all your friends will leave you out of envy．
B. If you have a good appearance, you must get higher scores in the job interviews．
C. Without the TV advertisements, there wouldn't have been a boom in plastic surgery．
D. Those who have good appearances should also develop the beauty in their hearts.
Mo Yan, 2012’s winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, was born in the small town of Gaomi in Shandong Province. His parents were farmers. And as a young boy Mo took care of the family’s goats. Each day he took the goats outside and watched over them when they ate grasses.
It was a lonely job, but Mo was a smart boy. He enjoyed the green, open land of Shandong. He enjoyed looking up at the blue sky and the white clouds, To pass the time he talked to the goats. He told them his thoughts and some stories. It was the beginning of his life as a storyteller.
During the Cultural Revolution（文化大革命），Mo had to leave school and work for a company. This was difficult for Mo, because he loved books and he loved reading. Luckily, he found a friend who would lend him books. Later, Mo became a soldier and to continue his education. In the end he graduated from Beijing Normal University. This is where he began to write.
Although Mo had left Gaomi, Gaomi never left him. Many of his books talk about rural life and the people of Gaomi, For Mo, all of man nature can be seen in the village life of Gaomi. Mo is famous now, but he remains a true son of soil.
1.Mo Yan won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2012.
2.As a young boy Mo Yan took care of his family’s goats and he hated the job.
3.Mo Yan continued studying in a middle school during the Cultural Revolution.
4.Mo Yan graduated from Beijing Normal University and this is where he began to write.
5.Gaomi never left Mo Yan because many of his books talk about rural life and the people of Gaomi.
阅读下面短文,从所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
The Blind Boy
A blind boy sat on the steps of a building with a hat by his feet. He held up a ____ which said: “I am blind, please help.” There were only a few ___ in the hat.
A man was walking by. He took a few coins from his _ _ and dropped them into the hat. He ____ took the sign, turned it around and wrote some words. He ____ the sign ____ everyone who walked by would see the new words.
Soon the hat began to ____. A lot more people were giving money to the blind boy.
That afternoon the man who had ____ the sign came to see ____ things were. The boy ____ his footsteps and asked, “Were you the one who changed my sign this morning? What did you write?”
The man said, “I only wrote the truth. I said what you said in a different way, ____ .” What he had written was: “Today is a(n) ____ day and I cannot see it.”
Do you think the first sign and the second sign were saying the same thing?
____，both signs told people the boy was blind. But the first sign simply said the boy was blind. The second sign told people they were so ____ that they were not blind.
Should we be surprised that the second sign was more ____ ?
Be thankful for what you have. ____ life gives you a 100 reasons to cry, show life that you have 1000 reasons to ____. Face your past without regret. __ ___ your present with confidence. Prepare for the ____ without fear. Keep the faith and ____ the fear.
1.A. cover B. sign C. board D. note
2.A. cashes B. treasures C. pennies D. coins
3.A. pocket B. can C. backpack D. case
4.A. still B. then C. already D. yet
5.A. put on B. put out C. put off D. put back
6.A. in case B. now that C. so that D. as though
7.A. mix up B. show up C. fill up D. make up
8.A. changed B. prepared C. supported D. reached
9.A. what B. why C. where D. how
10.A. realized B. recognized C. felt D. discovered
11.A. though B. but C. yet D. still
12.A. average B. successful C. harmonious D. beautiful
13.A. After all B. In all C. Of course D. Of all time
14.A. happy B. disappointed C. lucky D. strange
15.A. effective B. brave C. surprising D. scientific
16.A. Once B. When C. Where D. Because
17.A. smile B. exist C. survive D. prove
18.A. Look into B. Search for C. Deal with D. Depend on
19.A. tomorrow B. adventure C. future D. sunrise
20.A. preserve B. charge C. lose D. drop
Several weeks had gone by _______ we realized the painting was missing.
A. as B. since
C. before D. when
