At this very moment you’re thirsty and huntin...

At this very moment you’re thirsty and hunting for something to drink. So you start walking towards the drinks machine at school. As you drink you hear your teacher say those frightening words: “Could I see you for a moment in the classroom, please?”

You can almost feel your blood pressure rise as you walk to your English class. She’s always picking on you. What can it be this time? You think of the test you did last Friday. Now your mind is racing, your heart is pounding, and your forehead is pouring with sweat. In situations like this you will often feel like running away but you may also feel like hitting someone on the nose.

Your teacher asks you to go into the class. “Here it comes,” you think. But what you hear is: “Well done. Your test was excellent.” You can hardly believe your ears.

Our fight or flight response is designed to protect us from tigers that would have once hidden in the woods around us, threatening(威胁) our survival. At times when our survival is threatened, there is no greater response to have on our side. When activated(刺激), the response causes stress hormones to pump through our body.

When we face very real dangers to our survival, it is invaluable. However, few of the “tigers” we face in our lives cause a serious physical threat to our existence. They cause us no end of stress, triggering(引发) the full activation of our fight or flight response. They tend to cause us to overreact to the situation in a counterproductive (事与愿违的) way. It is counterproductive to hit someone (the fight response) or run away (the flight response).

By recognizing the symptoms, we can begin to take steps to handle the stress overload. By learning to recognize the signals of fight or flight activation, we can avoid reacting excessively (过度地) to events and fears that are not life threatening. In doing so, we use this extra energy to help ourselves, borrowing the beneficial effects in order to change our emotional environment and deal productively with our fears, thoughts and potential dangers.

1.You feel nervous when walking to the classroom because ________.

A.you broke the school rules B.you failed the test last Friday

C.your teacher spoke to you loudly D.your teacher always blames you

2.What is Paragraph 4 mainly about?

A.The power of our fight or flight response.

B.How our fight or flight response works.

C.The benefits of our fight or flight response.

D.How we control our fight or flight response.

3.The underlined word “They” in Paragraph 5 probably refers to ________.

A.fierce tigers B.real dangers

C.dangers we face D.serious physical threats

4.A good understanding of our fight or flight response can help us ________.

A.get rid of unnecessary stress B.face real dangers bravely

C.find hidden dangers D.take threats seriously

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—Mr. Johnson, Fm really sorry 　　　　 you waiting for so long a time.

—I know you are very busy at the moment.

A. to have kept　　 B. to keep

C. to be keeping　　 D. to have been kept

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I am very grateful for your assistance, and hope that one day 1 may be able to do something for you__________.

A. in turn　　 　　　　 　 B. in case

C. in return　　　　　　 D. In use

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When you are thirsty, you can drink some green tea. It tastes good and it’s very healthy. The Chinese 1.(know) about the benefits of green tea since ancient times and they use 2.to treat everything from headaches to depression. They have 3.(actual) been using green tea as a medicine for over 4, 000 years.

Nowadays, there is scientific evidence of the health benefits of green tea. According to one study 4.(publish) in a cancer research journal, drinking green tea 5.(reduce) the risk of some types of cancer in Chinese men and women 6.nearly sixty percent. USA researchers have also found that green tea may prevent the 7.(grow) of cancer cells. There is also new evidence 8.green tea can help to destroy bacteria in our bodies. It is especially effective at getting rid of the bacteria on your 9.(tooth) and keep them healthy!

As the Chinese proverb goes, it is 10.(good) to go without food for three days, than without tea for one. So you should definitely try a cup of green tea.

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Very soon the Rabbit noticed Alice, as she went hunting about, and called out to her, “What are you doing out here? Run home this moment, and fetch me a pair of gloves and a fan! Quick, now!”

Alice was so much frightened that she ran off at once in the direction it pointed to. She saw a little house, on the door of which was a plate with the name “W. RABBIT”. She went in and hurried upstairs.

By this time she had found her way into a tidy little room with a table in the window, and on it a fan and two or three pairs of tiny white kid gloves: she took up the fan and a pair of the gloves, and was just going to leave the room, when her eye fell upon a little bottle that stood near the looking-glass. There was no label(标签) this time with the words’ DRINK ME,’ but she opened it and put it to her lips(嘴唇).”I know something interesting is sure to happen,” she said to herself. Before she had drunk half the bottle, she found her head touching the ceiling. She went on growing and very soon had to get down on her knees on the floor. Still she went on growing, and as a last resource, she put one arm out of the window, and one foot up the chimney(烟囱), and said to herself, “Now I can do no more, whatever happens. What will happen to me?”

Luckily for Alice, she grew no longer: still it was very uncomfortable, and as there seemed to be no sort of chance of her ever getting out of the room again, no wonder she felt unhappy.

1.According to the passage, we can know that Alice __________.

A. felt comfortable when she grew no longer

B. was afraid when the Rabbit called out to her

C. knew what would happen to her if she continued to grow

D. saw a label “DRINK ME” on the bottle and drank half of it

2.Alice grew so big because she __________.

A. had special magical power

B. wore the Rabbit’s gloves.

C. drank something in the bottle

D. wanted to frighten the Rabbit

3.Which of the following could best replace the underlined word “resource” in Paragraph 3?

A. way B. dream C. ending D. loss

4.The passage may come from a(an) __________.

A. science book B. wildlife magazine

C. guide book 　 D. English novel

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I don’t really mind you allowing Tom to leave the company at this key moment. The problem is _____ can be sent to replace him.

A. what　　 B. who

C. that　　 D. which

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Read the following reviews for movies that are showing at the moment. And then answer questions.

Happiness（Romance）★★★★

Happiness tells the story of two people（Lisa Turbot and Danny Roy）who work for different advertising companies. They talk on the phone all the time and don't like each other. But then they correspond by e-mail and fall in love. This movie will be very popular with teenagers and people who like romances. It also has beautiful music.

I Scream（Thriller）★★

In I Scream, Paul（Colin Jacks）is a young man who joins a thriller club. Each of the members tries to frighten the others. Paul is told to stay in an old house for the night. Everyone who has tried to stay in the house before has died. This movie is very frightening but also quite silly. It doesn't make sense for Paul to stay in the house when things start to go wrong. Only for people who like thrillers.

Paul's Heroes（Comedy）★★★

This is a very funny war movie set in World War Two. Six soldiers（including Sammy Turblow）have to get to Italy to take secret messages to the American army there. During the movie, they dress up as women and fight with Italian workers. You can guess the ending, but it's great fun getting there.

_____________（Drama）★★★★

This is a very good drama with Jack Ross, who plays a hard-working truck driver. His wife becomes ill and he has to find a doctor who can help her. In his travels he meets Dr. Lloyd（Phil Driver）who has found the cure for the illness, but Jack Ross has only twelve hours to get the medicine back to his wife on the other side of America. This is an excellent movie, which is very exciting.

1.Which of the four movies is the least popular with people?

A. The 1^st one.     B. The 2^nd one.          C. The 3^rd one.     D. The 4^th one.

2.The underlined word "correspond" can be replaced by _____________.

A. date                 B. exchange        C. write            D. communicate

3.A thriller is most probably a film which tells something _____________.

A. frightening     B. instructive          C. humorous         D. interesting

4.Which of the following is the best title for the fourth film?

A. A Hard-working Truck Driver              B. Medicine

C. A Strange Illness                            D. Twelve Hours

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Read the following reviews for movies that are showing at the moment. And then answer questions.

Happiness(Romance)★★★★

Happiness tells the story of two people (Lisa Turbot and Danny Roy) who work for different advertising companies. They talk on the phone all the time and don't like each other. But then they correspond by email and fall in love. This movie will be very popular with teenagers and people who like romances. It also has beautiful music.

I Scream (Thriller)★★

In I Scream，Paul(Colin Jacks)is a young man who joins a thriller club. Each of the members tries to frighten the others. Paul is told to stay in an old house for the night. Everyone who has tried to stay in the house before has died. This movie is very frightening but also quite silly. It doesn't make sense for Paul to stay in the house when things start to wrong. Only for people who like thrillers.

Paul's heroes (Comedy)★★★

This is a very funny war movie set in World War Two. Six soldiers (including Sammy Turblow) have to get to Italy to take secret messages to the American army there. During the movie，they dress up as women and fight with Italian workers. You can guess the ending but it's great fun getting there.

__________(Drama)★★★★★

This is a very good drama with Jack Ross，who plays a hardworking truck driver. His wife becomes ill and he has to find a doctor who can help her. In his travels，he meets Dr.Lioyd (Phil Driver)who has found the cure for the illness，but Jack Ross has only twelve hours to get the medicine back to his wife on the other side of America. This is an excellent movie which is very exciting.

1.What movie does the reviewer like best

A. No 1.　　 B. No 2.

C. No 3.　　 D. No 4.

2.A thriller is most probably__________________.

A. A film which tells an interesting story

B. A film full of excitement

C. A humorous film

D. A film which is about a love affair

3.The underlined word “correspond” can be replaced by _______________.

A. communicate　　 B. match

C. write　　 D. exchange

4.Which of the following is the best title for the fourth film ?

A. A Hardworking Truck Driver　　 B. Medicine

C. A Strange Illness　　 D. Twelve Hours

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On my birthday this year, I decided to do something very different. I had been 31 so much and I wanted to reach out to bring happiness to someone else. So, that 32, I bought some flowers and went to a hospital. I had no 33 who I was going to present the flowers to, but I would find someone who needed 34  .

I asked the nurses in the hospital, who thought it 35 that I didn’t have anyone in particular to see. 36, they gave me the room number of a(n) 37 lady, who needed some comfort.

I entered the room with the flowers. The elderly woman looked up, staring at me 38. She was greatly moved when I told her about my 39  in being there. She was an amputee(被截肢者) and she explained to me that she was very worried 40 they were going to fit her with prosthetic leg(假肢). She knew that as she was getting used to the “ 41 ”leg, she would be in  42  .

Later, in the following two hours, we 43  a lot and both felt very happy. I  44 until it was dark. I will always remember how 45 she was the moment she received the flowers from me—a 46  . She called me her angel and said she had no more 47  .

I 48 that story with my neighbor and she 49  that she was going to do the same thing on her birthday. And I hope that she will 50  others to be kind and do the same thing. You never know you might be considered someone’s angel one day.

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When you get in your car, you reach for it. When you’re at work, you take a break to have a moment alone with it. When you get into a lift, you play with it.

Cigarettes? Cup of coffee? No, it’s the third most addictive（使人上瘾的） thing in modern life, the cell phone. And experts say it is becoming more difficult for many people tocurbtheir wishes to hug it more tightly than most of their personal relationships.

With its shiny surface, its smooth and satisfying touch, the cell phone connects us to the world even as it disconnects us from people three feet away. It affects us in ways its inventors in the late 1940s never imagined.

Dr. Chris Knippers, an expert at the Betty Ford Center in Southern California, reports that the overuse of cell phones has become a social problem not much different from other harmful addictions: a barrier to one-on-one personal contact, and an escape from reality.

Sounds extreme, but we’ve all witnessed the evidence: the person at a restaurant who talks on the phone through an entire meal, ignoring his kids around the table; the woman who talks on the phone in the car, ignoring her husband; the teen who texts messages all the way home from school, avoiding contact with kids all around him. Is it just rude, or is it a kind of unhealthiness? And pardon me, but how is this improving the quality of life?

Jim Williams, an industrial sociologist based in Massachusetts, he points to a study by Duke University researchers that found one-quarter of Americans say they have no one to discuss their most important personal business with. Despite the growing use of phones, e-mail and instant messaging, in other words, Williams says studies show that we don’t have as many friends as our parents. “Just as more information has led to less wisdom, more acquaintances(熟人) through the Internet and cell phones have produced fewer friends,” he says.

If the cell phone has truly had these effects, it’s because it has become very widespread. In 1987, there were only 1 million cell phones in use. Today, almost 300 million Americans carry them. The number of cell phones is far more than that of wired phones in the United States.

1.Which of the following could probably best explain the title of the passage?

A.Cell phone users smoke less than they used to.

B.More people use cell phones than smoke cigarettes.

C.Cell phones have become as addictive as cigarettes.

D.Using cell phone is just as cool as smoking cigarettes.

2.The underlined word “curb” in Paragraph 2 means ________.

A.rescue B.control C.develop D.ignore

3.Which idea does the example of a woman talking on the phone in the car support?

A.Women use cell phones more often than men.

B.Talking on the phone while driving is dangerous.

C.Cell phones make one-on-one personal contact easy.

D.Cell phones do not necessarily bring people together.

4.What is most likely to be discussed in the paragraph that follows?

A.How to make people get closer.

B.The advantages of wired phones.

C.How to use cell phones properly.

D.Giving an example to prove the bad effects of cell phones.

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