This sense of total discomfort that you’re both feeling is pretty normal. And I don’t say that to in any way reduce your problems. I just don’t want you to think that you’re the one person in the world who’s stuck with a neurotic (神经质的) mom. Think about it: for most of the past 14 years, you have depended on your mother for every little thing you’ve ever needed. Now suddenly you’re putting up all sorts of boundaries because you’re growing out of being that little kid who needed her for everything, and it’s hurting her feelings. What we need here is a little understanding and some new rules to take into account the changes you’re going through. You can’t just stop sharing things with your mom. It’s mean.

So why not make a point of telling her some things about what’s going on with you every day? She wants to feel that she’s still a part of your life. And after consistently doing this for about a month, why don’t you tell her where you’d like a little privacy(隐私) ― maybe there are certain things you don’t want her to always ask about? Promise her that whenever there’s an update on those topics, you will completely let her know. And follow up on it!

The bottom line is that you guys need to build a new relationship based on the young woman. The only way to do this is to work through some really uncomfortable moments and big fights and then come up with a solution, which is what you’re doing now. So don’t worry ― it’s all going to be okay. But it will take some work, honesty and communication to get there.

Having a good relationship with your mom is a really important thing. She’s the one person who will always be on your side.

49. In the writer’s opinion, the problems a guy may face are ______.

A. serious                    B. normal                     C. unlucky                   D. uncomfortable

50. The best way to reduce the problems with Mom may probably be ______.

A. to communicate with her                B. to let out your secrets to her

C. to break your bottom line                D. to work through bad times

51. The underlined part “bottom line” (in Paragraph 3) means ______.

A. the lowest ties with others               B. the most important thing

C. the least things you must do            D. the final line you treat things

52. The passage is written mainly ______.

A. to tell people how to get rid of a neurotic mom

B. to show us how to build a relationship between each other

C. to tell guys how to keep a good relationship with mothers

D. to tell guys how to reduce everyday problems with others

Recently, in the hope of earning both money and social experience, I became a door-to-door salesman．

I once read a saying: “If somebody wants something of yours, you will be treated as warmly as spring, but if they don’t, you may be treated as coldly as winter．” You may consider this an exaggeration (夸张), but if you are a salesman, it is clearly correct．

You would never have found it to be so true if you hadn’t been a salesman．You needn’t stand doubtful looks and unfriendly comments; you needn’t listen to something completely wrong and nod to say that it was quite right; you needn’t worry about being refused time after time; you needn’t always keep patience and a smile; you needn’t repeat the same sentences over and over again; you needn’t talk to somebody you dislike…

I did this work for a month, then I decided to give it up．Apart from the reasons above, I found I was paying too much attention to the job and thus sacrificing my study time．The latest test result proved that my grades were getting worse．

Even worse, I hadn’t enough time to join my classmates in college activities．Sometimes I felt lonely and unhappy because of both my study and my part-time job．Now I don’t think it is worth doing such a thing ,for even though I was earning money , it came at great cost．

Newspapers and magazines often publish stories about excellent students who do part-time work while also keeping high scores in class．But according to my experience, part-time work can have some strong negative influences on study．

Most students don’t view the relationship between study and work correctly．In my opinion, if it isn’t a must for financial reasons, students should be careful about taking up a part-time job．

41. From the text, we can tell that the writer is _____．

A. an unemployed man         B. a middle-school student

C. a college student              D. a door-to-door salesman

42. Which of the following words has the closest meaning to the underlined word “sacrificing”?

A. losing      B. using   C. wasting   D. getting

43. In the writer’s opinion, ______．

A. part-time jobs had good effect upon students’ study

B. part-time jobs would be good for every college student

C. it was hard to deal with the relationship between study and work correctly

D. to do a part-time job was unnecessary for most of the college students

44. What would be the best title for the text?

A. Part-time Jobs Are Useful

B. Part-time Jobs Can Cost Dear

C. Students shouldn’t Take Part-time Jobs

D. Part-time Jobs Are Important to Many Students

Billy is a boy of fifteen. His parents died three years ago. One day when he was walking in the street , he ___31___  a wallet. He returned it to the owner, Mr. Baker. He gave his___32___  to the boy.   As the boy had no job, Mr. Baker made him work for him in his ___33___ Billy worked so hard that Mr. and Mrs. Baker were __34___with him.

Mr. Baker loved planting ___35____. The week before last, he brought a few trees home, planted them in the ___36___ himself and watered them every day. Several days ___37__, he had to leave for another city. Before he started, he said to Billy, "Take good care of these trees. Some boys near our house always want to steal them. ""Don't ___38___ about them, sir. " answered Billy, "I'll try my best to watch them. "Six days passed and Mr. Baker came back. He asked, “___39___anyone ever come to steal the trees? “No, sir. "said Billy. "To stop someone from stealing the trees, I ___40____ them up six days ago. I have hidden  them for almost a week!"

The case of his death is being ________ and will be found out before long.

A. looked up     B. looked for     C. looked into        D. looked on

_______ everybody knows about it, I don’t want to talk any more.

A. For          B. Even         C. Now that          D. However

You’d better have your room __________. It’s _________.  

A. clean; in mess                            B. clean; in a mess         

C. cleaned; in mess                         D. cleaned; a mess

Who can think of a situation ________this word can be used ?

A. which          B. that          C. where            D. in that

The boy promised ______ late for school again.

A. to not be         B. not to be             C. not being          D. being not

Most of my classmates don't like to talk with their parents, but I am ________ them. I  love to talk with my parents.

A. the same as      B. different from      C. interested in      D. angry with

 I saw Lisa in the street yesterday, but she didn’t see me. She _____ the other way at that time.

A. was looking     B. is looking      C. looked          D. has looked