Web reports about Jackson’s health began to _...

Web reports about Jackson’s health began to _______ after some website said the star had been taken to hospital and given treatment.

A. circulate　　　     B. translate　　　 C. distinguish　　 D. Accelerate

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After talking with her teacher for about an hour, she felt relieved and began to know how to 　　 this kind of situation.

A. handle　　 B. raise　　 C. explore　　 D. strengthen

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After talking with his father for about half an hour, he felt better and began to know how to ____ this kind of situation.

A．strengthen        B．explore           C．handle            D．arrange

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I’ve just got to talk about this problem I’m having with my postman. It all began a year ago, after the birth of his first child. Not wanting to appear rude, I asked him about the baby. The next week, not wanting him to think I had asked out of mere politeness the week before, I asked all about the baby again. Now I can’t break the habit. I freeze whenever I see him coming. The words “How’s the baby?” come out on their own. It holds me up. It holds him up. So why can’t I stop it? The answer is that I want him to like me. Come to think of it, I want everyone to like me.

My sister had the same problem with the caretaker of her block of flats: “All he ever does is complain; he talks at me rather than to me, never listens to a word I say, and yet for some reason I’m always really nice to him. I’m worried in case I have a difficulty one day, and he won’t lift a finger to help.”

What about at work? Richard Lawton, a management trainer, warns: “Those managers who are actually liked by most of their staff are always those to whom being liked is not the primary goal. The qualities that make managers popular are being honest with staff, treating them as human beings and observing common politeness like saying hello in the morning.” To explain the point, Richard mentions the story of the company chairman who desperately wanted to be liked and who, after making one of his managers fired, said with moist (湿润的) eyes that he was so, so sorry the man was leaving. The employee replied: “If you were that sorry, I wouldn’t be leaving.” The lesson being, therefore, that if you try too hard to be liked, people won’t like you.

The experts say it all starts in childhood. “If children feel they can only get love from their parents by being good,” says Zelda West-Meads, a marriage guidance consultant, “they develop low self-confidence and become compulsive givers.” But is there anything wrong in being a giver, the world not being exactly short of takers? Anne Cousins believes there is. “There is a point at which giving becomes unhealthy,” she says. “It comes when you do things for others but feel bad about it.”

I am now trying hard to say to people “I feel uncomfortable about saying this, but…” and tell myself “Refusal of a request does not mean rejection of a person” and I find I can say almost anything to almost anyone.

1.Why does the author ask the postman about his baby?

A．He is interested in the baby.

B．He wants to create a good impression.

C．He wants to be always polite to him.

D．It’s a way to start a chat with great politeness.

2.What could we find out about the author’s sister and the caretaker?

A．She doesn’t want to risk displeasing him.

B．She doesn’t pay attention to him.

C．He often refuses to help her.

D．He is impatient of her overreaction.

3.Managers are more likely to be popular if they ______.

A．help the staff with their problems

B．make sure the staff do not lose their jobs

C．encourage the staff to be polite to each other

D．do not make too much effort to be liked

4.The underlined words, “compulsive givers”, in the fourth paragraph refer to the people who ______.

A．are willing to help others

B．couldn’t bear to turn down requests

C．are unconfident of denying demands

D．are less selfish than takers

5.What is the author’s intention of writing this passage?

A．To show how to let others like you more.

B．To prove how to create a harmonious atmosphere.

C．To encourage people to have more self-confidence.

D．To suggest ways of dealing with difficult people.

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It was about ten minutes after we arrived at a small village __________ it began to pour down．

A．when            B．where            C．that                D．how

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It is reported that 70% of people in China are ________ about the food security situation after  so many accidents.

A. curious           B. concerned         C. cautious           D. certain

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75. Taiji boxing is good _____ health, so the old man began to practise it ten years ago and now he is good _____ it.

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_______ after the race that he didn’t know what to say before so many reporters.

A．So excited the champion was              B．So excited was the champion

C．So the champion was excited              D．So was excited the champion

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A clinic in West Kalimantan, Indonesia, works to support the health of people and forests.

Kinari Webb is an American doctor who helped start the non-profit group that operates the clinic. The group is known as ASRI. Dr. Webb says most communities value the local forests, but illegal logging(伐木) was often their only way to earn money to pay for health care. "Villagers know that if they protect the forest, that’s good for their long-term well-being. But if they have no money to see a doctor, they have to do illegal logging," said Dr. Webb.

The clinic is in Sukadana, a village outside Gunung Palung National Park. Each month someone from ASRI visits the surrounding villages to see if they are actively logging or burning land within the park. Communities that do not take part in illegal logging pay about 40 percent less for health care than those that do. Also, the clinic uses a barter system. Patients can pay with things like handmade baskets, labor exchanges, young trees or fruit they grow.

Patients learn about environmental conservation as they wait to register at the clinic. Many of the 70 staff members also help communities learn about organic farming and other ways to earn money. In May, ASRI started a program to identify forest "guardians". These guardians work with the community to try to prevent illegal logging. One of the guardians says he entered the program because ASRI helped his son recover from tuberculosis(肺结核).

The clinic is small, but very busy. However, people did not trust the clinic at first. They wanted to go to the only hospital in the area. Yet its resources are limited and villagers often have to travel more than two hours to get there.

Now, people happily share stories about the clinic. Amelia’s mother is one of them. She started going there when her daughter was eight months old. She says the treatment is good. Dr. Webb smiled when she heard that.

Dr. Webb said: "Health care is an incredible key. And everyone everywhere around knows that we really care and that we are helping save their lives."

1.A barter system is a system in which　　 .

A. people trade by the exchange of goods

B. patients can receive a free treatment

C. customers pay the goods in cash

D. trees are taken good care of

2.Kinari Webb set up the clinic for the following purposes EXCEPT　　 .

A. treating the local patients

B. protecting the forests

C. teaching people about organic farming

D. forcing the only hospital out of the area

3.We can infer that　　 .

A. only a few people went to the clinic at the beginning

B. the clinic is well equipped

C. Amelia’s mother is not satisfied with the medical service

D. the only hospital in the area is of poor service

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_____she forgets to bring a health certificate?

A．What if          B．How about        C．What for         D．So what

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