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Have you ever had a day when everything seemed to go wrong, and nothing seemed to go right? Not too long ago I was having one of those days. I was discouraged, weary, and plain sad. My focus was on me. After all, no one else was experiencing the same trials I was.

I expressed my upset state to my mother, hoping for some pity. Instead, she said, “I heard Jamie was having a difficult day too. Why don’t you make her some cookies and take them to her this afternoon?”

I didn’t really want to, but decided that I didn’t want to go back to my other problems just yet. I made the cookies and arranged them on a little plate. Then I made a card with a sunflower on it and wrote a small note of empathy.

That afternoon I dropped by my friend’s house. I went to the door and rang the bell. Soon, Jamie came to the door and looked at me in surprise for the unexpected visit. Before she could say anything I rushed, “ I heard you were having a hard day and decided to bring you something. I hope your day goes better.” The look that came over Jamie’s face was one that I could never put into words. It was as if a darkened sky was suddenly lit with the golden rays of the sun; it was as if in that small act, her day was brightened.

I got back into the car and for some amazing reason; I felt a lot better myself. That day I experienced the truth that James Barri attempted to describe, “ Those who bring sunshine to the lives of others cannot keep it from themselves.”

1.Which of the following is the best title for the passage?

A．Sunshine on a Rainy Day                  B．Discouraged by Nothing

C．Giving Help to a Friend                   D．Experience a Cheerless Day

2.The author made cookies and arranged them on a plate _________.

A．so as to show off his skills                 B．to stop thinking about his own worries

C．not to let his mother feel down             D．not to show his sadness to others

3.How did Jamie feel when seeing the author’s coming?

A．She lit up very soon.                     B．She was surprised and scared.

C．She couldn’t express herself.             D．She poured out all her worries.

4.What do you think of the author’s mother?

A．Sympathetic.       B．Willing.           C．Instructional.       D．Selfish.

5.The passage is mainly about _________.

A．dealing with others when they are angry      B．adjusting well the mental condition

C．taking mother’s advice every hour         D．enjoying oneself at any time

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If you are a human, you can’t help but experience the time when everything seems to be going wrong and you feel as if your life is completely out of control．It is during the low time that words of encouragement from family, friends, co­workers or even strangers can boost your spirits．It is also during the low time that destructive words can be devastating（毁灭性的） and make you sink deeper and deeper into depression．

For example, consider this story about a group of frogs who were traveling through the woods when two of them fell into a deep pit（深坑）．All of the other frogs gathered around the pit．When they saw how deep the pit was, they told the two unfortunate frogs they would never get out．

The two frogs ignored the comments and tried to jump out of the pit．The other frogs kept telling them to stop．Finally, one of the two frogs took notice of what the other frogs were saying and simply gave up．He died．The other frog continued to jump as hard as he could．Once again the crowd of frogs shouted at him to stop the pain．The more they shouted, the harder he jumped and finally he made it．

When he got out, the other frogs asked him why he continued to jump when they were all shouting at him to tell him to give up．The frog explained to them that he was a little bit deaf．He thought they were encouraging him the whole time．

Every time you have a chance to say either something positive or negative to another human being, do choose the chance to say something positive! Don’t let those opportunities get away from you．Your words have a large amount of power．Use them wisely．You really never know just how much they can mean to someone else．

1.Why did the frog that succeeded in jumping to safety neglect（忽视） the other frogs’ comments?

A．Because he would like to jump out of the pit．

B．Because he could hardly hear what the other frogs said．

C．Because he didn’t want to give up his hope．

D．Because he had a positive attitude toward life．

2.What can we infer from the first paragraph?

A．There is no way to go when we go wrong．

B．Life depends on encouragement．

C．Destructive words will lead to death．

D．Words are playing an important role around us．

3.The writer mainly wants to tell us ________ in the last paragraph．

A．the power of words

B．positive words

C．negative words

D．the opportunities to say something

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The interview had been going on for about 20 minutes and everything seems to be going well．Then, suddenly, the interviewer asks an unexpected question, "Which is more important, law or love?"

Job applicants in the west increasingly find themselves asked strange questions like this．And the signs are that this is beginning to happen in China．

Employers want people skilled, enthusiastic and devoted．So these are the qualities that any reasonably intelligent job applicants will try to show no matter what his or her actual feelings are．In response, employers are increasingly using questions which try and show the applicant's true personality．

The question in the first paragraph comes from a test called Kiersey Personality Sorter．It is an attempt to discover how people solve problems, rather than what they know．This is often called aptitude （能力） testing．

According to Mark Baldwin of Alliance many job applicants in China are finding this type of questions difficult. When a Chinese person fills out an aptitude test he or she will think there is a right answer and they may fail because they try to guess what the examiner wants to see．

This is sometimes called the prisoner's dilemma （窘境）．Applicants are trying to act cleverly in their own interest．But they fail because they don't understand what the interviewer is looking for．Remember that in an aptitude test, the correct answer is always the honest answer．

1.The writer wrote the passage to ____．

2.Why do the interviewers ask such questions?

3.According to the writer, in an aptitude testing, Chinese job applicants should___．

4.From the passage we know that____．

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Everybody has one of those days when everything goes wrong. This is what happened to Harry.

He got up one morning very late because he had forgotten to wind up his alarm clock（闹钟）. He tried to shave（刮脸）quickly and cut himself. When he got dressed he got blood all over his clean shirt, so he had to find another one. The only other shirt that was clean needed ironing（熨）, so he ironed it. While he was ironing it, there was a knock at the door. It was the man to read the electricity meter（表）. He showed him where the meter was, said good-bye and found that the iron had burnt a hole in his shirt. So he had to wear the one with the blood on it after all. By this time it was very late, so he decided he couldn’t go to work by bus. He telephoned for a taxi to take him to work. The taxi arrived and Harry got in and began to read the newspaper.

In another part of the town, a man had killed a woman with a knife and was seen to run away in a taxi. When Harry’s taxi stopped outside his office, a policeman happened to be standing there. He saw the blood on Harry’s shirt, and took him to the police station. He was kept till 3 o’clock in the afternoon before the police were sure that he was not the man they wanted. When he finally arrived at the office at about four, his boss took a look at him and told him to go away and find another job.

1.Harry had .

A. a lucky day　　　　　 B. an unlucky day

C. a busy day　　　　　　 D. a good day

2.Put the following sentences into correct order according to the passage.

a. The man who read the electricity meter came.

b. Harry ironed his shirt.

c. Harry got blood all over his clean shirt.

d. There was a knock at the door.

e. Harry wore the shirt with blood on it.

A. a, b, c, d, e　　　　　　　　　　 B. b, a, d, c, e

C. b, a, c, d, e　　　　　　　　　　 D. c, b, d, a, e

3.Why did Harry wear the shirt with blood on it?

A. He had only one shirt.

B. The only other needed ironing.

C. The iron had burnt a hole in his clean shirt.

D. He cut himself and got blood all over his shirt.

4.Harry was taken to the police station because .

A. his taxi stopped outside his office and a policeman happened to be there

B. there was blood on his shirt and he was in a taxi

C. a man killed a woman with a knife

D. the murderer(杀人犯) was seen to run a away in a taxi

5.His boss told him to go away and find another job because .

A. he had been kept by the police

B. there was blood on his shirt

C. he was late for work

D. he had killed a woman

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Everybody has one of those days when everything goes wrong. This is what happened to Harry.

He got up one morning very late because he had forgotten to wind up (设定) his alarm clock. He tried to shave（刮脸）quickly and cut himself. When he got dressed he got blood all over his clean shirt, so he had to find another one. The only other shirt that was clean needed ironing（熨烫）, so he ironed it. While he was ironing it, there was a knock at the door. It was the man to read the electricity meter（电表）. He showed him where the meter was, said good-bye and found that the iron had burnt a hole in his shirt. So he had to wear the one with the blood on it after all. By this time it was very late, so he decided he couldn’t go to work by bus. He telephoned for a taxi to take him to work. The taxi arrived and Harry got in and began to read the newspaper.

In another part of the town, a man had killed a woman with a knife and was seen to run away in a taxi. When Harry’s taxi stopped outside his office, a policeman happened to be standing there. He saw the blood on Harry’s shirt, and took him to the police station. He was kept till 3 o’clock in the afternoon before the police were sure that he was not the man they wanted. When he finally arrived at the office at about four, his boss took a look at him and told him to go away and find another job.

1.Harry had _________________.

A. a lucky day　　 B. an unlucky day

C. a busy day　　 D. a good day

2.Why did Harry wear the shirt with blood on it?

A. The iron had burnt a hole in his clean shirt.

B. The only other needed ironing.

C. He had only one shirt.

D. He cut himself and got blood all over his shirt.

3.Harry was taken to the police station because_____________.

A. his taxi stopped outside his office and a policeman happened to be there

B. there was blood on his shirt and he was in a taxi

C. a man killed a woman with a knife

D. the murderer was seen to run away in a taxi

4.His boss told him to go away and find another job because　　　　　　　 .

A. he had been kept by the police　　 B. there was blood on his shirt

C. he was late for work　　 D. he had killed a woman

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My grandmother seems to be wrong when she says that good manners will never go out of style.

Several days ago, I tried entering a lift with one of my arms fixed in a bandage(绷带) while carrying a computer bag in the other. Not being fast enough, I was passed by two young people who managed to get into the lift before me. The lift door closed only after I entered. Having already pressed their wanted floor button, the young people waited impatiently for me to press the button for where I was going. If they had decided to help, we could have moved much faster. But they had not. So I did my best and pressed the button with my arm. The two young people looked very angry with me. I was losing heart.

The memory of this incident has stayed with me because it followed shortly after my building’s watchman refused to help me carry a heavy box full of books. His answer was that he could not carry the books a few meters because it was not his job. However, I remembered myself helping people for so many years carrying boxes, shopping bags, or pushing wheelchairs upon the request of a stranger in need or when my conscience(良心) called on me. "Oh, this young generation, they have no manners, ”my grandmother would say. The idea of good manners refers to the considering of other people’s feelings. We need more and more people to have good manners. Good manners should be-come part of our lives.

1.The author believes that ________.

A．good manners will never go out of style

B．her grandmother is right

C．good manners are disappearing little by little

D．it never rains, but it pours

2.How did the two young people feel when the author pressed the button?

A．Excited.           B．Angry.            C．Sad.              D．Confident.

3.The watchman didn’t help the author because ______.

A．the box was full of books

B．the box was too heavy

C．the author was a stranger

D．he thought it was not his job

4.We can infer from the passage that the author ______.

A．always offers help to people in need

B．always has difficulty carrying things

C．has a better memory than anyone else

D．agreed with her grandmother at first

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The engine just won’t start. Something seems_______ wrong with it.

A. to go　　 B. to have gone

C. going　　 D. having gone

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Have you ever complained why life is so tiring? Does the sky sometimes seem dark to you? Are your studies sometimes not successful? Well, friends, cheer up and smile all the time. If you see the world with your warm heart, you’ll find that the whole world smiles to you.

While in school, sometimes you are tired of your lessons, but have you ever noticed the happy smile on your teacher’s face when you did a good job?

One day it is fine. Just before you go out, it suddenly starts to rain. Maybe you would feel very sad and start to complain about the weather. But dear friends, why don’t you sit down and listen to the free concerts that the nature offers you? And with the timely rain, crops in the fields will grow better and better and farmers will have a good harvest.

Although everyone wants to succeed in what he tries to do, sometimes failure can’t be avoided. I think failure is not terrible, and the terrible thing is that we are afraid of it and give up hope. When we face failure, we must be confident in ourselves, draw a useful lesson from it and try our best to finish what we have decided to do. As a popular saying goes, “Failure is the mother of success”.

Attitude decides everything. With an optimistic attitude life is easy and pleasant. Let’s smile to whatever we meet and the whole world will smile to us.

1. People sometimes complain _________.

A. the sky is always dark

B. their studies are successful

C. they see the world with their heart

D. life is tiring

2.When we face failure, we ___________.

A. must be confident in ourselves

B. shouldn’t be afraid of it

C. shouldn’t give up hope

D. All of the above

3.The best title for the passage is_______.

A. Smile and the World Smiles to You

B. Complaining about Life

C. Failure is the Mother of Success

D. It is Very Hard to Succeed

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Have you ever wondered1.children always seem to have bags of energy and never run out of steam? Researchers have discovered that children have the levels of recovery of endurance athletes. In fact, scientists say children's muscles recover from "high-intensity exercise" a lot2.(quick) than athletes. A study looked at the performance levels of children when they were cycling, and compared their fitness to 3.of athletes. Researcher Dr Sebastien Ratel suggested they 4. (find) the children used more of their aerobic metabolism and were therefore less tired during the high-intensity physical activities. The children also recovered very quickly-even faster than the well-trained adult endurance athletes.

The researchers hope that5.(they) findings will help scientists have a better6.(understand) how the human body changes with age. It could lead to advances in the fight 7. diabetes and other diseases. Dr Ratel said the research was8.(particular) important as more children were become less active. He warned: "With the diseases related to physical inactivity9.(rise), know the changes with growth that might contribute to the risk of disease. "10.is helpful for children to maintain their fitness as they grow up and play as much as they could so they remain healthy as adults.

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Have you ever lost your car on a parking lot? It happens. You park and go shopping. When you get back，you have no idea where your car is. Then you start wandering around clicking on the panic button on your car keys so the alarm goes off. It can be frustrating, especially on a hot, sunny day.

No, you don’t need to install（安装）an expensive GPS system to keep track of your car. That’s too expensive. But is there a way to track your car without spending too much? Yes，now there is!

A California-based startup company was able to make this a reality. They created a tiny device that works with your smartphone，and it could be exactly what you’re looking for.

What is it? It’s called TrackR Bravo. It is a tracking device the size of a coin. It’s changing the way we keep track of the important things in our lives.

How does it work?

It’s easy! Install the free TrackR app on your smartphone, connect the app to your device and you’re ready to go! Simply connect TrackR to whatever you want to track. The entire process of setting it up only takes 5 minutes or less.

You can connect it to your keys, briefcase, wallet, your latest tech gadgets and anything else you don’t want to lose. Then use the TrackR app to locate your missing item in seconds.

“This device has saved me tons of time and money!” said Johnny Blaze.

1.What does the underlined word “frustrating”, in Paragraph 1 most probably mean?

A.Troublesome. B.Confusing.

C.Disappointing. D.Joyful

2.Compared with GPS system, what makes TrackR Bravo a better choice?

A.It works faster. B.It’s cheaper.

C.It’s more reliable. D.It’s smaller in size.

3.What do we know about TrackR Bravo?

A.It can be controlled by human voice.

B.It takes a long time to make it work.

C.Its users need to pay for its software.

D.It can be connected to different objects.

4.In which part of a newspaper is this text most probably taken from?

A.Technology. B.Education.

C.Economy. D.Culture.

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