Look! The boy isn’t working so        as that girl. 

A．hard             B．harder            C．hardest           D．hardly

Look! The tree is growing well. When______?

A. was it planted                      B. did it plant  

C. will it be planted                   D. is it planted[

Sometimes, even the best friends have fights. They disagree with each other and begin to argue. Sometimes, they even stop talking to each other. What can be done to help the two friends make up? Finding a good friend who knows both of them very well to be a peacemaker is a good way. Maybe one day you will be a peacemaker for your good friends. Here are some useful communication strategies for you to use.

State your feelings clearly but don’t criticize them. Begin with “I feel” instead of “You always…”.

Don’t stop or finish the other person’s sentences.

Listen carefully to what the other person is saying. Try to see the other person’s side of the disagreement.

Look the other person in the eyes when you are talking.

Ask questions to make sure that you understand them.

Repeat the other person’s ideas as you understand them.

Never put anyone down. Saying things like “You’re stupid” makes communication difficult.

Try to find a solution that makes the two friends happy. Never decide who is right and who is wrong. Instead, help them to find their own “win-win” solution. A “win-win” solution allows each of them to feel good. In this way, their friendship can be continued.

1.Which of the following is the suitable language for a peacemaker?

A. “I feel …”           B. “You always…”        C. “You are stupid.” D. “You are wrong.”

2.How should the peacemaker behave when talking with the two friends?

    A. Stop the other person’s sentences in time.      

B. Repeat his own ideas to make himself understood.

    C. Listen to the other person carefully and ask some questions.

    D. Don’t look at the other when you are talking.

3.What does the phrase “put anyone down” mean in the article?

    A. 令人失望         B. 提醒人           C. 把人放下         D. 羞辱人

4.How do you understand a “win-win” solution?

    A. It is a way that helps make new friends.

    B. It is a way that makes both people pleased.

    C. It is a way that tells who is right and who is wrong.

    D. It is a way to understand a person.

On June 26, 2000, two scientists, called Francis Collins and Craig Venter, told the world that they could now read the whole “map” of the human body: DNA. DNA is something that everybody has, and it tells the body what to do. DNA is the reason that we look like our mother and father, because we get some of their DNA to make our own.

People have been trying to understand the human body for a long time. In 1860, Gregor Mendel discovered a special reason why we look the same as other people in our family. It is because of small things named “genes” in our body. In 1953, James Watson and Francis Crick made another discovery and found out that those small parts are real messages written in the DNA with a special language.

　　In 1961, Marshall Nirenberg and Johann Matthaei found a message in DNA showing how DNA tells the cell (细胞) to build its parts. Scientists have now found all the words in the DNA map, but we still do not understand what they all do. By understanding what just one “word” means, we can help save more people from several illnesses.

　　Most people hope that this will help make better medicine and help sick people. Other people worry that when people begin to know more words and find out lots of other information, we might use it in a wrong way, just to make people more attractive, or stop sick people from getting jobs. Man would have to meet a lot of trouble if DNA technology (技术) wasn’t limited (限制) in use.

1.When did we first know why we look like other people in our family?

A. In 1860. B. In 1953. C. In 1961. D. In 2000.

2.What did the two scientists first discover in 1961?

A. The “map” of DNA. B. A new illness.

C. The language of DNA. D. A message of DNA.

3.What can we do if we understand some “words” of the language inside the body?

A. Make people get new jobs.

B. Make medicine for illnesses.

C. Make maps of human.

D. Make people less attractive.

4.What do people think about this work?

A. It can cause good or bad results.

B. It can cause only good results.

C. It can cause good results but won’t work.

D. It can cause only bad results.