I sat down at my desk and started writing an emotional letter of gratitude(感激). But_______it came to actually placing the letter into the mailbox, I froze. I couldn’t do it.
The_______was to an old teacher with whom I kept in_______through Facebook comments(评论). For the past couple of weeks, her Facebook page had_______me to live my life differently—for example, volunteering more.
Her_______efforts weren’t huge—she wasn’t building wells in Uganda or_______ lepers(麻风病人)in India, but instead she was doing_______, local good deeds, such as serving as an elementary school crossing guard. These were things that I could do, too. She made me_______I could do the same at home. I felt I should let her_______ how her example positively influenced my life. That was________I ended up handwriting the letter. But now here I was, standing before the mailbox, ________to place the envelope inside. Why was this so hard to do? I thought I felt strange because it wasn’t like she was my best friend. I just knew her. ________, after thinking it over, I put the envelope in the mailbox at last.
Weeks later I received a Facebook message from her. She was________a difficult time and my note meant________to her. She said she had no idea that she was making such a________to others. Not only did this letter make her happier,________her response to it increased my level of happiness as well. I decided to write a gratitude letter of________to someone each month. I’ve been doing this for two years now and it has changed my life greatly. I’m more likely to________out the goodness in others and I am continuously more thankful for this________life I’m living. Expressing gratitude is a great skill to________. Life is too short not to do it.
1.A. unless B. if C. while D. when
2.A. letter B. notice C. apology D. ticket
3.A. excitement B. delight C. touch D. pleasure
4.A. allowed B. inspired C. awarded D. discouraged
5.A. engineer B. construction C. volunteer D. adventure
6.A. looking after B. looking for C. taking on D. bringing up
7.A. big B. small C. clever D. skillful
8.A. accept B. predict C. prove D. realize
9.A. know B. admit C. confirm D. float
10.A. where B. because C. why D. how
11.A. amazing B. eager C. confident D. unable
12.A. Therefore B. However C. Thus D. So
13.A. going through B. going out C. going against D. going over
14.A. little B. less C. a lot D. more
15.A. fortune B. promise C. choice D. difference
16.A. so B. or C. and D. but
17.A. advice B. happiness C. thanks D. encouragement
18.A. seek B. leave C. carry D. turn
19.A. wealthy B. beautiful C. serious D. familiar
20.A. lose B. practice C. achieve D. gain
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。Injuries and deaths caused by driving after drinking are preventable. Sadly, actions by the police can only catch a small number of drunk drivers on the roads. It is up to each person to make the decisions. 1.So we should help guide our friends and persuade them to avoid driving after drinking. Here are some tips.Start talking to the person early. With every drink, judgment becomes increasingly uncontrolled. 2. So as soon as your friend starts drinking, you should try to persuade him to make a plan to get home safely. Remember, after he gets drunk, he may not listen to you.Help the person realize he is drunk. Talk to him and show him that he is increasingly clumsy. 3. For example, ask who you can call to pick him up, or what public transport he would like to use. If he knows he is drunk, he may follow your advice.Make last efforts. If all else fails and a drunk person wants to drive home, threaten to call the police or take his keys. 4. When he is not concentrated, take his keys. This may make it easier to convince him to take a cab home. Remember, don’t give him the keys even if he’s angry.5. If you once drove home after you got drunk, your friend may not listen to you. So in order to succeed in persuading your friend to avoid driving after drinking, you should behave yourself first.
A. Ask him where his keys are. |
B. Set a good role model. |
C. Give him an alternative way to get home. |
D. But it isn’t easy to make the right decisions. |
E. Make him realize drinking makes him look like a fool. |
F. The police will come to help you out once you call them. |
G. It means the more one drinks, the less likely that he will listen to you. |
When people reunite with their loved ones，it’s usually all extremely happy moment. But what is their most common response to seeing them again? It may seem strange，but most of the time they break down in tears.
Now a group of psychologists (心理学家) from Yale University say they have found the reason why，and that crying tears of joy may well be the body’s way of keeping emotional(情感的) balance. “They seem to take place when people are overtaken by strong positive emotions，and people who do this seem to recover better from those strong emotions，” Oriana Aragon，the lead researcher said.
Aragon and her fellow psychologists looked at hundreds of participants’ emotional responses to different things，including happy reunions and cute babies. Many participants said they would react in a negative or aggressive way to the positive things—to cry at happy moments and want to pinch(捏) a cute baby’s face or even tell them “I want to eat you up!” But then researchers found that these people were able to calm down from strong emotions more quickly.
There are many other examples of times when people respond to a positive experience with a negative emotional reaction. At an exciting concert, fans scream at their idols(偶像). People who have just had a big lottery win are often in floods of tears. “These findings advance our understanding of how people express and control their emotions, which is importantly related to mental and physical health, the quality of relationships with others, and even how well people work together.” said Aragon.
1.What have the psychologists from Yale University found in their research?
A. Crying tears of joy helps to balance emotions.
B. The reason why people cry with tears.
C. People recover slowly from strong emotions
D. Strong negative feelings are useful to people.
2.What does the underlined “they” in Paragraph 2 probably refer to?
A. Times when people reunite with friends. B. Participants’ emotional responses.
C. Times when people cry tears of joy. D. Strong positive emotions.
3.Which of the following agrees with the findings of the research?
A. Kissing a cute baby. B. Crying at good news.
C. Crying at a failure. D. Laughing at happy reunions.
4.Where does the passage most likely come from?
A. A popular biology book. B. A children literature book.
C. A science fiction novel. D. A psychological science journal.
Your weight has been important since the moment you were born. Maybe you even know what your birth weight was. Most newborns weigh between 6 and 9 pounds, but some may weigh more and some less. But very quickly, a baby gains weight and everyone is glad about that because it means the child is growing bigger and stronger.
As you get older, your weight is still important. It's something your parents and doctor will probably keep an eye on. When you go for a checkup, the doctor often will record your height and weight and compare it with what it was the last time you came in. The doctor wants to check whether you have a healthy weight because weighing too much or too little can be a problem.
But these days, being overweight is more common than being underweight. In the last 30 years, a growing number of kids and teenagers have developed weight problems. Today, 1 out of 3 kids and teens between the ages of 2 and 19 are overweight. Many grown-ups understand what it's like to have weight problems, since 2 out of every 3 adults(成年人) are overweight.
For kids and adults, weighing too much can lead to illnesses and health problems. And a kid who is overweight might be made jokes on or find it hard to keep up with friends on the playground. When people talk about being overweight, they mean that someone has more body fat than is healthy. Everyone has some body fat, but extra (多余的) fat can influence someone's health and ability to walk, run, and get around, as well as how the person looks and his or her self-respect.
1.Why is everyone happy hearing a baby become fatter?
A. The baby is growing healthily. B. The parents are rich enough.
C. The mother has enough milk. D. The family is in good situation.
2.The doctor compares your height and weight in order to ________.
A. complete a check item B. see if you have a healthy weight
C. know about your living habits D. set up your checkup book
3.Which group has the largest number of people with overweight problems?
A. Babies. B. Kids. C. The old. D. Adults.
4.What is the last paragraph mainly about?
A. Importance of keeping weight.
B. Ways to avoid becoming overweight.
C. Bad influence of being overweight.
D. Reasons for getting overweight.
My mother was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s (老年痴呆症)last summer. Suddenly, it was difficult for me to accept that the roles were now changed—my mother became my child, and I became her mother. I became impatient, argued with her, once I even yelled at her. Gradually, I was used to this kind of life. Now I am able to deal with her and the situation better. I have learned a lot of life lessons from the experience.
My mother reacts very sensitively to my feelings. That is typical of Alzheimer’s patients. When I visit her, feeling busy and tense, she reacts immediately, takes on my mood, and becomes nervous and negative. But when I appear cheerful and attentive, she is happy. This has taught me to pay more attention to my own feelings when I am with other people.
I always thought I was very tolerant, but in reality, my tolerance ran out as soon as someone turned away from what I considered “right”. With my mother I can now really be tolerant. Through her illness she has developed a childlike tactlessness(不得体). Eating out in restaurants, for example, is a bit embarrassing when she shouts at the waiter that the food is so bad or talks about people at the next table in a loud voice. Of course I make sure that my mother doesn’t hurt anyone, but I’ve stopped complaining about others and have become more tolerant.
I have also learned that everything has special value. When my mother got sick I didn’t want to burden my two daughters with it. They are young and have enough going on with their education, and starting their careers. I felt that it was simply my job as my mother’s daughter. The most wonderful discovery I’ve made through my mother’s disease may be that my children not only offer to help me when they sense that I’m feeling unbearable, but that they take care of my mother on their own actively. They visit her often, play cards with her, and look at photo albums together with her. It shows me that it’s all worth it.
1.Which of the following is the best title of the passage?
A. How I Cared for My Sick Mother B. How I Became More Tolerant
C. What I Have Learned from Alzheimer’s D. Why I Am Feeling stressed
2.Which of the following is common behavior of Alzheimer patients?
A. Being curious about everything. B. Being particular about clothes.
C. Being afraid of strange people. D. Being sensitive to others’ moods.
3.We can infer that the writer’s daughters are ________.
A. naughty B. considerate C. traditional D. selfish
It was late one evening. I can’t remember what it was about, but my dad and I had a very big argument when my mom was away. We both said things we didn’t mean, and in the end I said, “I’m leaving.” And he said, “Good. The sooner, the better.”
I threw a few things in a suitcase and closed the door angrily behind me, not knowing where I was going. After walking aimlessly for about 20 minutes, I stopped at a local supermarket. Then my phone rang. It was my mom calling. She said, “Hey, Mary. Where are you? Dad is worried about you.”
“How can he worry about me? I’ve been away for nearly half an hour, but he didn’t call,” I said with annoyance (烦恼). My anger returned and I remembered all the hateful things he’d shouted to me. “Listen, Mom. You can tell Dad that I’m fine. I’ll call you tomorrow,” I said and hung up.
I walked around the store, trying to get my thoughts together. By the time I paid for my purchases, it had been much later than I used to be out alone. When I left the supermarket, a large piece of white paper was in front of me. On the piece of white paper were these words: “Please come home! I miss you and I’m worried about you!”
Then a car pulled up beside me. Hanging out of the window was my dad. Beside him, smiling gently, sat my mom. And that’s when I started laughing. I laughed so hard that I cried. Despite (尽管) my best efforts to run away from home, my father finally managed to track me down. I couldn’t leave now, not with him sitting there with caring eyes.
1.Hearing Mary decided to leave home, Mary’s father was very ________.
A. worried B. nervous C. angry D. surprised
2.After her mother called her, Mary ________.
A. became angrier than before B. gave in to her father
C. cried and calmed down D. agreed to go home
3.What does the underlined word “purchases” in Paragraph 4 mean?
A. Actions Mary regretted. B. Goods Mary bought.
C. Telephone calls Mary made. D. Lessons Mary learned.
4.What probably happened at the end of the story?
A. Mary returned home happily. B. Mary still refused to go home.
C. Mary’s father became angry again. D. Mary’s mother hated her father.
