When you want to go shopping, decide how much money you can spend on new clothes．Think about the kind of clothes you really need．Then look for those clothes you really need．Then look for those clothes on sale．

There are labels(标签) inside all new clothes．The labels tell you how to take care of your clothes．The label for a shirt may tell you to wash it in warm water．A sweater label may tell you to wash in cold water．The label on a coat may say “dry clean only”, for washing may ruin this coat．If you do as the directions (说明)on the label, you can keep your clothes looking their best for a long time．

Many clothes today must be dry cleaned．Dry cleaning is expensive．When buying new clothes, check to see if they will need to be dry cleaned．You will save money if you buy clothes that can be washed．

You can save money if you buy clothes that are well made． Well-made clothes last longer．They look good even after they have been washed many times．Clothes that cost more money are not necessarily better made．They do not always fit better．Sometimes less expensive clothes look and fit better than more expensive clothes．

1.If you want to save money, you had better buy clothes that __．

A．don’t fit you	B．don’t last long
C．need to be dry cleaned	D．can be washed

2.The labels inside the clothes tell you______．

A．whether they fit you or not

B．how to save money

C．where to get them dry cleaned

D．how to keep them looking their best

3.The first thing for you to do before you buy clothes is __.

A．to look for well-made clothes

B．to see how much money you can pay

C．to know how to wash them

D．to read the labels inside them

4.We learn from the passage that cheaper clothes __.

A．can sometimes fit you better	B．must be dry cleaned
C．are always worse made	D．can not be washed

 

In 1982, Steven Callahan was crossing the Atlantic alone in his sailboat when it struck something and sank. He was out of the sailing track and floating in a lifeboat, alone. His supplies were  36 . His chances of surviving were small.  37 when three fishermen found him seventy-six days later, he was alive — much  38 than he was when he started, but alive.

His  39 of how he survived is interesting and attractive. His subtle act — how he  40 to catch fish, how he evaporated sea water to 41 fresh water — is very interesting. But the thing that  42 my eye was how he managed to keep himself going when all hope seemed lost, when it seemed no  43  continuing the struggle, when he was  44  greatly, when his lifeboat was pierced and after more than a week’s struggling with his weak body. He was starved and  45  exhausted. Giving up would have seemed the only sensible choice.

When people  46 these kinds of circumstances, they do something with their minds that gives them the courage to keep going. Many people in  47 dangerous circumstances give in or go mad. Something the survivors do with their thoughts helps them find the courage to carry on  48 major difficulties.

"I tell myself I can  49 it," wrote Callahan in his book. "Compared to what others have been through, I'm fortunate. I tell myself these things over and over,  50  courage and strength."

I wrote that down after I read it  51 it struck me as something important. And I've told myself the same thing when my own goals seemed 52 off or when my problems seemed too powerful. And every time I've said it, I have always come back to my senses.

The truth is, our circumstances are only bad  53 to something better. But others have been through much worse, that is, in comparison with what  54 have been through, you're fortunate. Tell this to yourself over and over again, and it will help you  55 the rough spots with a little more perseverance(毅力) .

1.                A．less            B．little           C．few  D．enough

 

2.                A．And           B．Yet            C．Still  D．While

 

3.                A．thinner         B．poorer         C．worse    D．fatter

 

4.                A．attitude        B．imagination      C．instruction D．story

 

5.                A．tried           B．tended         C．managed  D．intended

 

6.                A．make          B．collect          C．select    D．replace

 

7.                A．attacked        B．caught          C．froze D．cheated

 

8.                A．operation       B．taste           C．message  D．use

 

9.A improving        B. suffering    C. strengthening        D. increasing

10.               A．firmly          B．completely      C．surely D．generally

 

11.               A．deal           B．defend         C．survive    D．observe

 

12.               A．similarly        B．likely          C．probably  D．commonly

 

13.               A．for the lack of    B．in spite of       C．in support of   D．as a result of

 

14.               A．handle         B．carry          C．follow D．inspect

 

15.               A．rolling up       B．using up        C．building up D．making up

 

16.               A．but            B．so             C．although   D．and

 

17.               A．far            B．long           C．near  D．short

 

18.               A．related         B．measured       C．contributed    D．compared

 

19.               A．you           B．others         C．we   D．another

 

20.               A．see through     B．cut through     C．get through    D．think through

 

 

In the face of tragedy(悲剧), you must of course let yourself feel: Cry without holding back, tremble with fear, yell out in anger, accept and follow your feelings. This is part of the wise approach to tragedy: The Upward Path – the feeling of emotions(情感), the acceptance of them, and the coupling of the emotional mind with wisdom. Along this path, you’ll take the experience – no matter how sad or upsetting – as a learning event, just as all other points on your journey will prove to be. While tragic, you must recognize this is still a chance for all involved to grow. You should let both sadness and joy, fear and courage, dark and light fill your world, and learn to find your steady, calm center in the midst of the opposing forces. This is the Upward Path. Use the event as a chance to gain balance and discover wisdom – the wisdom of love and of letting go, of non-attachment and non-resistance, and using this experience to eventually help others in need of guidance.

    Being able to relate to others who have also experienced tragedy and inspire in them hope – of recovery, and of moving forward – is perhaps the greatest gift you can receive from tragedy. Turn the negative into positive, the pain into connection. After you’ve taken appropriate time to be sad, to feel your own pain, you should make it your work, your goal, your purpose to connect with others who need help. Show them how you’ve experienced feelings, achieved balance, and gained wisdom that you would never have otherwise had the chance to learn.

    Feel, but do not Feed on tragedy. Rather, let it inspire you to go beyond the person who you were before. With demise comes renewal, so let this loss be also your rebirth. No matter how hopeless it seems, no matter how difficult this becomes, you have the power to transform yourself into someone greater than you ever knew you could be. 

1.When following the Upward Path, the person facing tragedy should _______.

   A. free his emotions                

B. hold back all his feelings

   C. fill his world with positive ideas    

D. give in to tragedy and all opposing forces

2.According to the author, the greatest gift one gets from tragedy is being able to _______.

   A. seek solutions from others          B. understand and help others

   C. stay calm and resist change         D. forgive others and move on

3.The underlined word “demise” in the last paragraph probably means _______.

   A. sorrow            B. problem      C. difficulty       D. death 

4.The purpose of the passage is to _______.

   A. analyze the causes of tragedy       

B. tell people how to prevent tragedy

   C. suggest a way of dealing with tragedy

   D. encourage people to build friendship after tragedy

 

When Albert Einstein was young, he was a quiet child who spent much of his time alone. He was slow to talk and had difficulty in learning to read.

When Albert was five years old, his father gave him a compass. Albert was filled with wonder when he discovered that the compass needle always pointed in the same direction ---- the north. He asked his father and his uncle what caused the needle to move. Their answers were difficult for Albert to understand. Yet he spent a lot of time thinking about them. He said later that he felt something must be hidden behind things.

Albert didn’t like school. The German schools of that time were not pleasant. Students couldn’t ask questions. Albert said he felt as if he were in prison..

One day Albert told his uncle Jacob how much he hated school, especially mathematics. His uncle told him to solve mathematical problems by pretending to be a policeman. “You are looking for someone,” he said, “but you don’t know who he is. Call him X. Find him by using your mathematical tools.”

Albert learned to love mathematics. He was studying the complex mathematics of calculus while all his friends were still studying simple mathematics. Instead of playing with his friends he thought about things such as “What would happen if people could travel at the speed of his light?”

Albert wanted to teach mathematics and physics. He graduated with honors, but it was a pity that he could not get a teaching job.

1.According to Paragraph 2, we can learn that Albert Einstein ________.

A．was interested in the compass

B．wanted to be a great scientist

C．was not clever enough

D．didn’t like thinking by himself

2.Why did Albert Einstein hate school?

A．He couldn’t play with his friends there

B．Students were not allowed to ask questions.

C．The schools were like prisons at that time

D．He had to learn mathematics that he didn’t like.

3.What does the underlined word ‘complex’ probably mean?

A．Useful

B．Difficult

C．Boring

D．Interesting

4.We can learn from the passage that ________.

A．Einstein became a mathematics teacher after graduation

B．Einstein gradually loved mathematics with his uncle’s help.

C．Einstein’s uncle was a policeman.

D．Einstein liked playing with other children.

 

Some people can stay up all night and still get work done the next day. I’m not one of them. After a night without enough sleep, I feel bad-tempered. I have trouble remembering things. And all I want to do is go to bed.

How do you feel after you’ve stayed up late to finish schoolwork or the day after an overnight party? Scientists now say that your answers to these questions may depend on your genes.

New research suggests that a gene called “period 3” influences how well you function without sleep. The “period 3” gene comes in two forms: short and long. Everyone has two copies of the gene. So, you may have two longs, two shorts, or one of each. Your particular combination depends on what your parents passed on to you.

Scientists from the University of Surrey in England studied 24 people who had either two short or two long copies of “period 3”. Study participants (参与者) had to stay awake for 40 hours straight. Then, they took tests that measured how quickly they pushed a button when numbers flashed (闪过) on a screen and how well they could remember lists of numbers.

Results showed that the people with the short form of “period 3” performed much better on these tests than the people with the long form did. In both groups, people performed worst in the early morning.

After the first round of experiments, participants were finally allowed to sleep. People in the group that performed well on the tests (those with the short form of “period 3”) took about 18 minutes to nod off.

While people with the long “period 3” gene fell asleep in just 8 minutes. They also spent more time on deep sleep. That suggests that people with the long form of the gene need more and deeper sleep to keep their brains working in top form.

I think I must have the long form of “period 3”. What about you?

The purpose of this passage might be ___________

A.   to tell us the importance of plenty of sleep.

B.   to tell the result of a research on sleepy gene.

C.    to inform the harm of lacking sleep.        

D.   to announce the sleeping rules of humans.

What kind of people need less sleep according to the research?

A.   Those with two short copies of the gene.

B. Those with two long copies of the gene. 

C. Those with one short and one long copy of the gene.

D. Those with three short copies of the gene.

If one lacks enough sleep, one should avoid doing important or dangerous things ___________.

A. at noon            B. at night    

C. in the afternoon        D. at dawn

Why did the writer think he or she had the long form of “period 3”?

A.   Because the writer could remain energetic without enough sleep.                 

B. Because the writer could do things correctly at dawn.   

C. Because the writer needed more sleep to keep energetic.

D. Because the writer recovered quickly after sleep.