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Optimism and pessimism are both powerful forces. Each of us must choose which we want to 　　 our future and our expectations. We can choose to laugh or cry, bless or 　　 . It’s our decision: From which perspective do we want to view life? Will we look up in 　　 or down in desperation? I believe in the upward look. I choose to 　　 the positive and skip right over the negative.

An optimistic attitude is not a luxury; it’s a(n) 　　 . The way you look at life will determine how you feel, how you perform, and how well you will get along with other people. 　　 , negative thoughts, attitudes, and expectations 　　 themselves; they become a self-fulfilling prophecy (预言). Pessimism creates a dark place where no one wants to live.

　Years ago, I drove into a service station to get some gas. It was a beautiful day, and I was feeling great. As I walked into the station to pay for the gas, the attendant said to me, “How do you feel?” That seemed like a(n) 　　 question, but I felt fine and told him so. “You don’t look well,” he replied. This 　　 me completely by surprise. A little 　　 confidently, I told him that I had 　　 felt better. Without hesitation, he continued to tell me how bad I looked and that my skin appeared yellow.

　By the time I left the service station, I was feeling a little 　　 . About a block away, I 　　 over to the side of the road to look at my face in the mirror. How did I feel? Was I affected with jaundice(黄疸)? Was everything all right? By the time I got home, I was beginning to feel a little nauseous(恶心). Did I have a bad liver? Had I 　　 some rare disease?

On another beautiful day, when I went into that gas station, feeling 　　 again, I figured out what had happened. The place had recently been painted a bright, distasteful 　　 , and the light reflecting 　　 the walls made everyone inside look as though they had hepatitis（肝炎）! I wondered how many other folks had 　　 the way I did. I had let one short conversation with a total 　　 change my attitude for an entire day. He told me I looked sick, and before long, I was actually feeling sick. That single 　　 observation had a great effect on the way I felt and acted.

The only thing more powerful than negativism is a word of optimism and hope. When a whole culture adopts an upward look, incredible things can be accomplished.

1.A. shape        B. decide            　　 C. preview　　　         D. transform

2.A. forgive        B. curse                C. praise　　　　         D. regret

3.A. vain            B. anger                C. action　　         　　 D. hope　

4.A. highlight        B. analyze            C. evaluate　　　         D. introduce

5.A. necessity         B. opportunity         C. quality     　　 D. identity

6.A. Actually        　　 B. Consequently        C. Accordingly　　     D. Contrarily

7.A. rely on         B. feed on　         C. go on　         D. take on

8.A. familiar　         B. ordinary             C. odd             D. easy

9.A. got　             B. took                 C. stopped　         D. made

10.A. more　         　　 B. less　　             C. quite　　　　　     D. too

11.A. never　         　　 B. ever　             　　 C. once　　         D. always

12.A. uneasy　         B. unconcerned　     　　 C. unsatisfied　     D. unaffected

13.A. got　             B. came　　             C. took　　         D. pulled

14.A. come up　     　　 B. brought up　         C. picked up　     D. put up

15.A. fine             B. upset　             C. sick　             D. calm

16.A. gray　　         B. blue　　             C. yellow　　         D. red

17.A. in　             B. over　             　　 C. off　             D. through

18.A. quit　             B. adapted　         　　 C. answered　         D. reacted

19.A. liar　　         　　 B. onlooker             C. attendant　         D. stranger

20.A. positive　         B. negative　　         C. careful　　         D. rigid

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Optimism and pessimism(消极) are both powerful forces. Each of us must choose which we want to ________ our future and our expectations. We can choose to laugh or cry, bless or ________. It’s our decision: from which perspective do we want to view life? Will we look up in ________ or down in desperation?

I believe in the upward look. I choose to ________ the positive and skip right over the negative.

An optimistic attitude is not a luxury(奢侈品); it’s a(n) ________. The way you look at life will determine how you feel, how you perform, and how well you will get along with other people. ________, negative thoughts, attitudes, and expectations ________ themselves; they become a self-fulfilling prophecy (预言). Pessimism creates a dark place where no one wants to live.

Years ago, I drove into a service station to get some gas. It was a beautiful day, and I was feeling great. As I walked into the station to pay for the gas, the attendant said to me, “How do you feel?” That seemed like a(n) ________ question, but I felt fine and told him so. “You don’t look well,” he replied. This ________ me completely by surprise. A little ________ confidently, I told him that I had ________ felt better. Without hesitation, he continued to tell me how bad I looked and that my skin appeared yellow.

By the time I left the service station, I was feeling a little ________. About a block away, I ________ over to the side of the road to look at my face in the mirror. How did I feel? Was I affected with jaundice(黄疸)? Was everything all right? By the time I got home, I was beginning to feel a little nauseous(恶心). Did I have a bad liver? Had I ________ some rare disease?

On another beautiful day, when I went into that gas station, feeling ________ again, I figured out what had happened. The place had recently been painted a bright, distasteful ________, and the light reflecting ________ the walls made everyone inside look as though they had hepatitis(肝炎)! I wondered how many other folks had ________ the way I did. I had let one short conversation with a total ________ change my attitude for an entire day. He told me I looked sick, and before long, I was actually feeling sick. That single ________ observation had a great effect on the way I felt and acted.

The only thing more powerful than negativism is a word of optimism and hope. When a whole culture adopts an upward look, incredible things can be accomplished.

1.A. decide　　 B. shape　　 C. preview　　 D. transform

2.A. forgive　　 B. praise　　 C. curse　　 D. regret

3.A. hope　　 B. anger　　 C. action　　 D. vain

4.A. analyze　　 B. highlight　　 C. evaluate　　 D. introduce

5.A. quality　　 B. opportunity　　 C. necessity　　 D. identity

6.A. Actually　　 B. Contrarily　　 C. Similarly　　 D. Consequently

7.A. rely on　　 B. feed on　　 C. go on　　 D. take on

8.A. familiar　　 B. ordinary　　 C. easy　　 D. odd

9.A. took　　 B. got　　 C. stopped　　 D. made

10.A. more　　 B. too　　 C. quite　　 D. less

11.A. ever　　 B. never　　 C. once　　 D. always

12.A. unaffected　　 B. unconcerned　　 C. unsatisfied　　 D. uneasy

13.A. got　　 B. came　　 C. took　　 D. pulled

14.A. picked up　　 B. brought up　　 C. come up　　 D. put up

15.A. sick　　 B. upset　　 C. fine　　 D. calm

16.A. gray　　 B. yellow　　 C. blue　　 D. red

17.A. off　　 B. over　　 C. in　　 D. through

18.A. quit　　 B. adapted　　 C. answered　　 D. reacted

19.A. liar　　 B. onlooker　　 C. stranger　　 D. attendant

20.A. positive　　 B. negative　　 C. careful　　 D. rigid

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Optimism and pessimism are both powerful forces. Each of us must choose which we want to ______ our future and our expectations. We can choose to laugh or cry, bless or ______. It’s our decision: from which perspective do we want to view life? Will we look up in ______or down in desperation?

I believe in the upward look. I choose to ______the positive and skip right over the negative.

An optimistic attitude is not a luxury(奢侈品); it’s a(n) ______. The way you look at life will determine how you feel, how you perform, and how well you will get along with other people. ______, negative thoughts, attitudes, and expectations ______themselves; they become a self-fulfilling prophecy(预言). Pessimism creates a dark place where no one wants to live.

Years ago, I drove into a service station to get some gas. It was a beautiful day, and I was feeling great. As I walked into the station to pay for the gas, the attendant said to me, “ How do you feel?” That seemed like a(n) ______question, but I felt fine and told him so. “You don’t look well,” he replied. This ______me completely by surprise. A little ______confidently, I told him that I had ______felt better. Without hesitation, he continued to tell me how bad I looked and that my skin appeared yellow.

By the time I left the service station, I was feeling a little ______. About a block away, I ______over to the side of the road to look at my face in the mirror. How did I feel? Was I affected with jaundice(黄疸)? Was every all right? By the time I got home, I was beginning to feel a little nauseous(恶心). Did I have a bad liver? Had I ______some rare disease?

On another beautiful day, when I went into that gas station, feeling ______again, I figured out what had happened.　 The place had recently been painted a bright, distasteful ______, and the light reflecting ______the walls made everyone inside look as though they had hepatitis(肝炎)! I wondered how many other folks had ______the way I did. I had let one short conversation with a total ______change my attitude for an entire day. He told me I looked sick, and before long, I

was actually feeling sick. That single ______observation had a great effect on the way I felt and acted.

The only thing more powerful than negativism is a word of optimism and hope. When a whole culture adopts an upward look, incredible things can be accomplished.

1.A. shape　　 B. decide　　 C. preview　　 D. transform

2.A. forgive　　 B. curse　　 C. praise　　 D. regret

3.A. vain　　 B. anger　　 C. action　　 D. hope

4.A. highlight　　 B. analyze　　 C. evaluate　　 D. introduce

5.A. necessity　　 B. opportunity　　 C. quality　　 D. identity

6.A. Actually　　 B. Consequently　　 C. Similarly　　 D. Contrarily

7.A. rely on　　 B. feed on　　 C. go on　　 D. take on

8.A. familiar　　 B. ordinary　　 C. odd　　 D. easy

9.A. got　　 B. took　　 C. stopped　　 D. made

10.A. more　　 B. less　　 C. quite　　 D. too

11.A. never　　 B. ever　　 C. once　　 D. always

12.A. uneasy　　 B. unconcerned　　 C. unsatisfied　　 D. unaffected

13.A. got　　 B. came　　 C. took　　 D. pulled

14.A. come up　　 B. brought up　　 C. picked up　　 D. put up

15.A. fine　　 B. upset　　 C. sick　　 D. calm

16.A. gray　　 B. blue　　 C. yellow　　 D. red

17.A. in　　 B. over　　 C. off　　 D. through

18.A. quit　　 B. adapted　　 C. answered　　 D. reacted

19.A. liar　　 B. onlooker　　 C. attendant　　 D. stranger

20.A. positive　　 B. negative　　 C. careful　　 D. rigid

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完型填空

Optimism and pessimism are both powerful forces. Each of us must choose which we want to ______ our future and our expectations. We can choose to laugh or cry, bless or ______. It’s our decision: from which perspective do we want to view life? Will we look up in ______ or down in desperation?

I believe in the upward look. I choose to ______ the positive and skip right over the negative.

An optimistic attitude is not a luxury(奢侈品); it’s a(n) ______. The way you look at life will determine how you feel, how you perform, and how well you will get along with other people. ______, negative thoughts, attitudes, and expectations ______ themselves; they become a self-fulfilling prophecy (预言). Pessimism creates a dark place where no one wants to live.

Years ago, I drove into a service station to get some gas. It was a beautiful day, and I was feeling great. As I walked into the station to pay for the gas, the attendant said to me, “How do you feel?” That seemed like a(n) ______ question, but I felt fine and told him so. “You don’t look well,” he replied. This ______ me completely by surprise. A little ______ confidently, I told him that I had ______ felt better. Without hesitation, he continued to tell me how bad I looked and that my skin appeared yellow.

By the time I left the service station, I was feeling a little ______. About a block away, I ______ over to the side of the road to look at my face in the mirror. How did I feel? Was I affected with jaundice(黄疸)? Was everything all right? By the time I got home, I was beginning to feel a little nauseous(恶心). Did I have a bad liver? Had I ______ some rare disease?

On another beautiful day, when I went into that gas station, feeling _____ again, I figured out what had happened. The place had recently been painted a bright, distasteful ______, and the light reflecting ______ the walls made everyone inside look as though they had hepatitis(肝炎)! I wondered how many other folks had ______ the way I did. I had let one short conversation with a total ______ change my attitude for an entire day. He told me I looked sick, and before long, I was actually feeling sick. That single ______ observation had a great effect on the way I felt and acted.

The only thing more powerful than negativism is a word of optimism and hope. When a whole culture adopts an upward look, incredible things can be accomplished.

1.A. shape 　 B. decide　　　　 C. preview　　　　 　 D.transform

2.A. forgive 　 B. curse　　 　　　 C. praise　　　　　 　 D. regret

3.A. vain　 　　 B. anger　　 　　　 C. action　　　　　　 D. hope

4.A. highlight　 B. analyze　 　　 C. evaluate　　　　 D.introduce

5.A. necessity　 B. opportunity　　 C. quality　　　　 　 D. identity

6.A. Actually　 B. Consequently　 C. Similarly　　　　 D.Contrarily

7.A. rely on　　 B. feed on　　 　　 C. go on　　　　 　　 D.take on

8.A. familiar 　 B. ordinary　　 　 C. odd　　 　　　　　 D. easy

9.A. got　　 　　 B. took　　　 　　　 C. stopped　　　　 D. made

10.A. more　 　 　 B. less　　　　 　　 C. quite　　　　　　　 D. too

11.A. never　　 B. ever　　　　　　 C. once　　　 　　　　 D. always

12.A. uneasy　　 B. unconcerned　　 C. unsatisfied　　　 D.unaffected

13.A. got　　 　　 B. came　　　 　　 C. took　　　　 　 　 D. pulled

14.A. come up　　 B. brought up　　 C. picked up　　 　　 D. put up

15.A. fine　　 　　 B. upset　　　 　　 C. sick　　　　　　 　　 D. calm

16.A. gray　　　　 B. blue　　　　 　　 C. yellow　　　　　　 D. red

17.A. in　　 　　 B. over　　 　　 　　 C. off　　　　 　　　　 D. through

18.A. quit　　 　 B. adapted　　　　 C. answered　　　　 D. reacted

19.A. liar　　 B. onlooker　　 　 C. attendant　　　　 D. stranger

20.A. positive　 B. negative　　 C. careful　　　　 D. rigid

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249. A_____ has taught us what atoms are made up of and how powerful the atom bomb is.

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Wind , water, fire and ice-these powerful natural forces have shaped the land of America in the past. They are still changing it today.

The Colorado River slowly cut down through stone to make the Grand Canyon(大峡谷).

Long ago, ice sheets cut Yosemite Valley and the Great Lakes, and glaciers(冰川) are still on the move in Alaska.

Wind and rain storm hit the land from time to time. Fires sometimes burn down forests and destroy the homes of wild animals. This happened in Yellowstone Park in 1988.

Dead volcanic mountains such as Haleakala on Maui and Carter Lakein Oregon are beautiful to look at. But there are several active volcanoes in the US, especially along the Pacific Coast. There are also many earthquakes in this area. Scientists can do nothing to control earthquakes or volcanoes. This was shown clearly on May 18, 1980. At 8:32 that morning, Mount St Helens in Washington state broke out. The top of the mountain was blown off.

Over 60 people –campers, scientists, journalists, forest workers—were killed. Hundreds of square miles of forests were knocked down. In towns over 100 miles away, day suddenly became night. An ash cloud hid the sun for many hours. Towns and fields in Washington, Oregon, and Idaho were covered with dirty gray ash.

Scientists knew that Mt St Helens might erupt(爆发) soon. But no one could say when. And no one expected the terrible strength of the eruption. Many people were surprised and unready. Harry R. Truman, 84, owned a small hotel in Mt St Helens. Scientists had asked people to move away because the volcano was becoming dangerous.

But Harry Truman would not leave his home. Now it is covered with many feet of dirty ash. A small cross stands above the place where Harry probably died. Perhaps it is better that he did not see the destruction of Mt St Helens, the once beautiful lake, and the forests.

But slowly, life is returning to the dead area around the mountain. Grass and small plants are beginning to grow again. Deer and birds have been seen. The land will never be the same as it once was. Perhaps Mt St Helens will erupt again. But this is all part of nature’s pattern of change, and man has little power to control it.

1.Choose the best title for this passage.

2.After the eruption of volcano, what makes the sky turn dark?

3.The underlined word “it” means______.

4.We can infer from this article that ______.

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Love and Friendship

They are both so much related to each other. And both are so dissimilar! What are the differences between friendship and love? Is platonic(柏拉图式的) friendship possible between persons of the opposite sex? ___1.____

What is friendship? Why do we call a person our friend? When do we call someone a very good friend? If we care for a person, if we are always ready to help that person and if we share most of our thoughts with a person, they are our good friends. We can always count upon our good friends in an emergency. We are always sure that our friends will understand why we acted in a certain way. ___2. ___ The friendship is so deep and the relationship is so intimate, that most of the things are automatically understood by our friends.

__3.____ In a relationship of deep love, all the sharing that we discussed above is taken for granted. But love transcends(超出) all this. During love, we are attached with a particular person, while in friendship, one may have many friends. A loving relationship makes one so much attached to the other that one gets pained if his/her beloved is hurt! Love also involves a physical element. ____4.____ This is a vital difference. Nature gives us love so that the species can go forward. Nature does not give us friendship.

Your heart beats will never increase in anticipation of meeting your friend. ___5._____ You will not feel totally lost, if you don’t meet your friend for a few days. You will not have dreams in your eyes thinking about your friend. But in love, you will do all this and much more. Indeed, there is no comparison between love and friendship.

A．What about love?

B．My answer is “Yes”.

C．Let us try and understand.

D．Friendship does not have that.

E.We need not explain anything to our very good friends.

F.You will not lie awake at night thinking about your friend.

G.The physical element may include hand in hand while walking.

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Love and Friendship

They are both so much related to each other. And both are so dissimilar! What are the differences between friendship and love? Is platonic(柏拉图式的) friendship possible between persons of the opposite sex? _1. _

What is friendship? Why do we call a person our friend? When do we call someone a very good friend? If we care for a person, if we are always ready to help that person and if we share most of our thoughts with a person, they are our good friends. We can always count upon our good friends in an emergency. We are always sure that our friends will understand why we acted in a certain way. 2. The friendship is so deep and the relationship is so intimate, that most of the things are automatically understood by our friends.

_3. _ In a relationship of deep love, all the sharing that we discussed above is taken for granted. But love transcends(超出) all this. During love, we are attached with a particular person, while in friendship, one may have many friends. A loving relationship makes one so much attached to the other that one gets pained if his/her beloved is hurt! Love also involves a physical element. __4. __ This is a vital difference. Nature gives us love so that the species can go forward. Nature does not give us friendship.

Your heart beats will never increase in anticipation of meeting your friend. _5. __ You will not feel totally lost, if you don’t meet your friend for a few days. You will not have dreams in your eyes thinking about your friend. But in love, you will do all this and much more. Indeed, there is no comparison between love and friendship.

A.What about love?

B.My answer is “Yes”.

C.Let us try and understand.

D.Friendship does not have that.

E.We need not explain anything to our very good friends.

F.You will not lie awake at night thinking about your friend.

G.The physical element may include hand in hand while walking.

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As the sea ice melts sooner each swimmer,polar bears are forced to come ashore earlier and face food shortages _____ they have stored enough fat to last them through the season.

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Every day, millions of shoppers hit the stores in full force—both online and on foot—searching for the perfect gift. Aside from purchasing holiday gifts, most people regularly buy presents for other occasions throughout the year, including weddings, birthdays, anniversaries, graduations, and baby showers. This frequent experience of gift-giving can causeambivalentfeelings in gift-givers. Many enjoy the opportunity to buy presents because gift-giving offers a powerful means to build stronger bonds with one’s closest persons. At the same time, many fear the thought of buying gifts; they worry that their purchases will disappoint rather than delight the intended receivers.

What is surprising is that gift-givers have considerable experience acting as both gift-givers and gift-recipients, but nevertheless tend to overspend each time they set out to purchase a meaningful gift. In the present research, we propose a unique psychological explanation for this overspending problem — i.e., that gift-givers equate how much they spend with how much receivers will appreciate the gift (the more expensive the gift, the stronger a gift-recipient’s feelings of appreciation). Although a link between gift price and feelings of appreciation might seem intuitive (凭直觉得到的) to gift-givers, such an assumption may be unfounded. Indeed, we propose that gift-receivers will seldom tend to base their feelings of appreciation on the significance weight of a gift than givers assume.

Why do gift-givers assume that gift price is closely linked to gift-recipients’ feelings of appreciation? Perhaps givers believe that bigger (i.e., more expensive) gifts convey stronger signals of thoughtfulness and consideration. According to Camerer (1988) and others, gift-giving represents a symbolic ritual(礼节), by which gift-givers attempt to signal their positive attitudes toward the intended receiver and their willingness to invest resources in a future relationship. In this sense, gift-givers may be motivated to spend more money on a gift in order to send a “stronger signal” to their intended receiver. As for gift-receivers, they may not consider smaller and larger gifts as representing smaller and larger signals of thoughtfulness and consideration.

In practical terms, people spend hundreds of dollars each year on gifts, but somehow never learn to measure their gift expenses according to personal insight.

1.The underlined word “ambivalent” most nearly means ________.

A.unrealistic B.conflicted C.appreciative D.supportive

2.The authors indicate that people value gift-giving because they feel it ________.

A.functions as a form of self-expression

B.is an inexpensive way to show appreciation

C.requires the gift-receivers to return

D.can serve to strengthen a relationship

3.The authors refer to work by Camerer and others in order to__________.

A.offer an explanation B.introduce an argument

C.question an intension D.support a conclusion

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