She never laughed, （) lose her temper.

A.Hardly

B.Almost

C.Never

D.Nearly

She was the victim of ____（中伤) by jealous colleagues.It’s never easy to gain a foothol

d in the fierce competitionin the workplace.

A、backstabber

B、backstab

C、backstabbing

D、stab back

I am 87 years old.Can I give you a hug？” I turned around and found a little 31 lady with a warm smile.I said heartily: “Of course!”

“ 32 are you in college at such an age？” I asked.

She joked, “I’m here to meet a rich husband, get 33 , have children, and then travel around.”

“No seriously,” I asked.

“I always 34 of having a college education and now I’m getting one!” she told me.

Over the year, Rose became an icon(偶像)and she easily made friends.She loved to dress up and she enjoyed the 35 of the others.At the end of the term we invited Rose to our football party.I’ll never forget what she said.

“We do not stop playing because we are old; we grow old because we stop playing.Here are the 36 to staying young.You have to laugh and find humor every day.You’ve got to have a dream.When you 37 your dreams, you die! There’s a huge difference 38 growing old and growing up.Anybody can grow older.That doesn’t take any talent or ability.But 39 One week after graduation that year, Rose died peacefully in her sleep.She taught us by example that it’s never too 40 to be all you can possibly be.

31.Which is the best one to fill in the blank？()

A.old

B.young

C.big

D.small

32.Which is the best one to fill in the blank？()

A.How

B.When

C.Why

D.What

33.Which is the best one to fill in the blank？()

A.married

B.dressed

C.lost

D.mad

34.Which is the best one to fill in the blank？()

A.told

B.heard

C.reminded

D.dreamed

35.Which is the best one to fill in the blank？()

A.question

B.attention

C.relation

D.emotion

36.Which is the best one to fill in the blank？()

A.secrets

B.stories

C.reasons

D.results

37.Which is the best one to fill in the blank？()

A.have

B.find

C.take

D.lose

38.Which is the best one to fill in the blank？()

A.in

B.on

C.between

D.among

39.Which is the best one to fill in the blank？()

A.stopping playing

B.having a dream

C.growing older

D.growing up

40.Which is the best one to fill in the blank？()

A.early

B.late

C.young

D.small

rmal legs.Scout, 18, answers, “No.I have never known anything different, and it would seem weird to me.Besides, if it weren’t for the missing leg, I wouldn’t have the opportunities I have today!”

Scout has faced big challenges.When she was only months old, she suffered from terrible burns.Her right leg was especially damaged, and doctors cut it off above the knee.When she was 14, she got a high-tech leg made for sports and put it to the test right away in a race for disabled athletes.“I remember being terrified because this was my first time,” she says.“But my doctor said,You have to start somewhere.”

Scout was waiting nervously for the race to start when athlete Sarah Reinestsen came up and said, “I’ve been doing this for a while.Let me give you some tips.”Reinertsen, who lost her leg when she was seven, is the first disabled women to have finished the Ironman Triathlon(铁人三项) in Hawaii.She works with an organization to help support people like Scout.

Reinertsen’s encouragement changed the teenager’s life.She lost that first race, but gained the confidence that she needed to compete.If Sarah could do it, she could too.Training hard, she now runs competitively and also finds time to share her story with school groups.

“Sometimes people look at me or at Sarah and think they have nothing in common with us.I tell them that even if you aren’t physically challenged, everybody has challenges of some kind — maybe with family, or homework, or friends.No matter what it is, you can overcome that obstacle,” she says.“Everything you need is inside your heart.Take small steps.As time goes by, the steps will get bigger and you will reach your dream.”

11.Why does Scout answer “No” when asked if she wants two normal legs？()

A.She’s scared of changing her current situation

B.She couldn’t have them even if she wanted to

C.She has never thought about it before

D.She’s satisfied with what she has achieved as a disabled

12.What dose the doctor mean by saying “You have to start somewhere”(Para.2)？()

A.She has to do it sooner or later

B.She has to find the right place to start

C.That will be a memorable first time

D.That is a perfect time to start

13.Scout’s childhood experiences ______.

A.were the cause of her shyness

B.were a nightmare until she reached 14

C.didn’t stop her from fulfilling herself

D.didn’t have much influence on her later life

14.Which of the following statements in true？()

A.Sarah shared her story with school students

B.Sarah started to compete at the age of seven

C.Scout has been inspired by Sarah’s success

D.Scout joined Sarah’s organization to help others

15.Through Scout’s story, the author wants to tell us that ______.

A.the disabled are mentally stronger than others

B.inner strength can help one overcome difficulties

C.good things will come no matter what

D.everybody has to challenge himself

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Talk to Your Kids about Their Eating Habits Carefully

Weight is never an easy subject. It can be risky for parents to raise the issue of eating habits and weight with their kids.

“No kid ever lost weight because his mother told him he was fat,” a friend told me when I was worried about my son’s weight.

It turns out she was right, according to a new study. The study was directed by Dr. Berge at University of Minnesota. She found that kids whose parents discussed eating in a healthy way were less likely to have eating problems. But 64% of the kids whose parents focused on their weight turned to unhealthy eating behaviors. Some kids went on extreme diets, and others even ate no food. So eating disorders were caused. Things were worse when fathers joined in the discussions with their daughters and focused on weight. “Fathers should never comment on their daughters'weight,” says Berge Instead, she suggests, fathers should focus on their daughters'interests. That can help them feel loved and confident enough to work on their weight issues.

How should parents talk to kids about. eating behaviors？ According to Berge, they should avoid focusing on how much their kids weigh. They should talk to them about being healthy. Don't compare them with others. Ideally, both parents should share the responsibility. If that' s not possible, choose the parent whose words cause the least amount of stress and who demonstrates healthy eating.

1. The writer' s friend advised her not to().

A. worry about her son's weight

B. take the risk of gaining weight

C. change her own eating habits

D. talk to her son about his weight

2. The study found that some kids had fewer eating problems because they ().

A. learned to eat healthily

B. took part in the study

C. focused on their weight

D. believed the scientists

3. When told about their fatness, some kids ().

A. felt helpless

B. became angry

C. began to eat no food

D. refused to take any advice

4. If a father focuses on his daughter' s interests, she will feel().

A. amused

B. encouraged

C. surprised

D. challenged

5. When taking to their kids about eating behaviors, parents should ().

A. focus on being healthy

B. use short and simple words

C. respect their kids' views

D. compare their kids with others

A.at his being laughed at

B.him to be laughed at

C.with his laughing at

D.at his laughing at

and D. Fill in each blank with the word that best fits the context.

One day when I was 15 years old, I had some friends over to hang out. While we were making food in the kitchen, my brother came in. He placed his beef next to my (1) one and said, “Courtney, your beef is bigger than mine. You don’t need to (2); you’re already fat enough.” Then he walked out laughing.

Unpleasant (3) on my physical appearance were nothing new. Something inside me gave in to his idea that my legs were (4), and that became the last day that I ever willingly wore (5) until I was 30 years old. For the next 15 years, I spent summer after summer (6) in long pants.

But then I met Ragen Chastain, and she (7) everything. I couldn’t believe that this woman who, like myself, weighed almost 300 pounds was so (8) and happy in her own skin. I (9) as she shared her own journey to recovery and self-love. She talked about how amazing our (10) are, simply because of the things they do every day—like breathing, (11) blood to every cell, blinking and walking.

Walking! I was suddenly (12) how foolish I’d been for so long. There’re people who are born without legs, or who lack (13) working legs, or who lose their legs, and I’d been hiding my perfectly strong, healthy, beautiful legs (14) because I had (15) someone to convince me that they weren’t good enough. The next day, I bought three pairs of shorts and a sundress and spent the entire summer letting my legs (16) the sun and feel the breeze.

The next time anyone comments on your body in a (17) way, look them straight in the eye, smile and say, “If what you see (18) you so much, feel free to practice the ancient art of looking (19) else.” That’s Ragen’s own (20), but I don’t think she’ll mind if you use it.

(1)A、small

B、slim

C、plain

D、thick

(2)A、eat

B、talk

C、walk

D、cry

(3)A、suggestion

B、comments

C、reports

D、reflection

(4)A、unacceptable

B、unnecessary

C、unique

D、special

(5)A、shorts

B、socks

C、pants

D、T-shirts

(6)A、driving

B、roasting

C、sleeping

D、running

(7)A、believed

B、changed

C、explained

D、solved

(8)A、energetic

B、generous

C、sensitive

D、tiresome

(9)A、expected

B、laughed

C、listened

D、waited

(10)A、bodies

B、legs

C、images

D、weights

(11)A、pulling

B、putting

C、preventing

D、pumping

(12)A、afraid of

B、absorbed in

C、anxious about

D、aware of

(13)A、accidentally

B、possibly

C、properly

D、regularly

(14)A、indelight

B、inshame

C、inpanic

D、inpride

(15)A、begged

B、allowed

C、refused

D、invited

(16)A、avoid

B、cover

C、kick

D、see

(17)A、different

B、negative

C、normal

D、positive

(18)A、amuses

B、bothers

C、excites

D、hurts

(19)A、anywhere

B、somewhere

C、nowhere

D、everywhere

(20)A、decision

B、creation

C、question

D、requirement

the younger one, Ben, because he was not doing well in school.Boys in his class made jokes about him because he seemed so ___1___.

The mother decided that she would herself have to get her sons to do better in school.She told them to go to the Detroit Public Library to read a book a week and do a book report for her.

One day, in Ben's ___2___, the teacher held up a rock and asked if anyone knew it.Ben put up his hand and the teacher let him ___3___."Why did Ben put up his hand？" his classmates wondered."He never said anything.What could he possibly want to say？"

Well, Ben not only ___4___ the rock, but also said a lot about it.He named other rocks in its group and even knew where the teacher had found it.The teacher and the students were surprised.Ben had learned all this from doing one of his book reports.

Ben later went on to the ___5___ of his class.When he finished high school, he went to Yale University and at last became one of the best doctors in the United States.

1、A.top

B.slow

C.class

D.answer

E.knew

2、A.top

B.slow

C.class

D.answer

E.knew

3、A.top

B.slow

C.class

D.answer

E.knew

4、A.top

B.slow

C.class

D.answer

E.knew

5、A.top

B.slow

C.class

D.answer

E.knew

answer for each statement from the four choices marked A, B，C and D.

“It hurts me more than you”, and “This is for your own good.” These are the statements my mother used to make years ago when I had to learn Latin, clean my room, stay home and do homework.

That was before we entered the permissive period in education in which we decided it was all right not to push our children to achieve their best in school. The schools and the educators made it easy on us. They taught that it was all right to be parents who take a let-alone policy. We stopped making our children do homework. We gave them calculators, turned on the television, left the teaching to the teachers and went on vacation.

Now teachers, faced with children who have been developing at their own pace for the past 15 years, are realizing we’ve made a terrible mistake. One such teacher is Sharon·Klompus who says of her students—“so passive”—and wonders what happened. Nothing was demanded of them, she believes. Television, says Klompus, contributes to children’s passivity. “We’re not training kids to work any more,” says Klompus. “We’re talking about a generation of kids who’ve never been hurt or hungry. They have learned somebody will always do it for them. Instead of saying ‘go look it up’, you tell them the answer. It takes greater energy to say no to a kid.”

Yes, it does. It takes energy and it takes work. It’s time for parents to end their vacation and come back to work. It’s time to take the car away, to turn the TV off, to tell them it hurts you more than them but it’s for their own good. It’s time to start telling them no again.

1.Children are becoming more inactive in study because__________.

A.they watch TV too often

B.they have done too much homework

C.they have to fulfil too many duties

D.teachers are too strict with them

2.According to historic books, women in the Song Dynasty used paper cut as headdress.()

A.Right

B.Wrong

C.Doesn’t say

He never arrives on time and my ___ is that he feels the meetings are useless.

A) preference B) conference C) inference D)reference