I used to walk my dog every morning. Later when we got back home, I would give it some food. This usually caught the 　11 of a mynah bird(八哥). The most 　12 feature of this bird was its brightly-coloured 　13 mouth, so I found it a bit strange.

Later I read a book and found that the colour yellow 　14 “communication, optimism(乐观) and inspiration”. I took the “c” from 　15 , “o” from optimism, and “in” from inspiration to form the word “Coin”. This became the bird’s 　16 .

Every time when my dog finished his 　17 , Coin would look at me and sing , “Raack! Raack!” After singing, she would start picking up the food left by the dog.

When winter came, Coin 　18 . It was the longest winter that we had ever had. When spring 　19 came, it was the time for the birds to fly back and I often 　20 what had happened to Coin.

One day after I had given my 　21 its food , a mynah flew down. It was then that I heard the 　22 　“Raack! Raack!” Coin was back! Sometimes, I wondered how Coin knew to come back to the same 　23 she had left.

Each morning Coin would come with her sweet 　24 . Both I and my dog accepted her as a member of our family. Now, I understand that if we have optimism and inspiration in our life, and if we communicate often with others, we are sure to be 　25 by everyone.

11. A. realization　　　　 B. view　　　　　　　C. sight 　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. attention

12. A. special　　　　　　 B. common　　　 C. central　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. possible

13. A. black 　　　　　　 B. white 　　　　　　　　　　　　 C. yellow 　　　　　　　　　　　 D. sad

14. A. stands for　　　　 B. achieves　　　　 C. organizes　 　　　　　　　　　 D. changes

15.A. communication　 B. carnival　 　　　　　　　　　　 C.celebration　　　　　　　　　　　 D.custom

16. A. food　　　　　　　　 B. cage　 　　　　　　　　　　　　 C. name　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. story

17. A. song 　　　　　　 B. communication　　　　　　　 C. meal　 　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. walk

18. A. died 　　　　　　 B. hid　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 C. disappeared 　　　　　　　　 D. escaped

19. A. suddenly　 　　 B. finally 　　　　　　　　　　　　 C. happily 　　　　　　　　　　　 D. luckily

20. A. complained 　　 B. recorded　　　　　　　　　　　　 C. wondered　　　　　　　　　　　 D. wished

21. A. door　　　　　　　　 B. bird　 　　　　　　　　　　　　 C. daughter 　　　　　　　　　　 D. dog

22. A. strange　 　　　 B. familiar　 　　　　　　　　　　 C. crazy 　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. terrible

23. A. place　　　　　　　 B. cat　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　 C. person　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. sky

24. A.song　　　　　　　　 B. face 　　　　　　　　　　　　　 C. appearance　　　　　　　　　　 D. voice

25. A.confirmed　 　 B. accepted　　　　　　　C. agreed　　　　　　　　　　　 D. impressed

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Successful people are nicer to those who are jealous of them, psychologists have found.
　　　The fear that they may become the target of malicious（恶意的）envy makes people act more helpfully toward people who they think might be jealous of them.
　　　Previous research found jealousy could be divided into benign and malicious envy. Those with benign envy were motivated to improve themselves, to do better so they could be more like the person they envied.52--------　The Dutch researchers then set out to question the effect on the target of the envy.
In lab experiments a group of people were made to feel like they would be maliciously envied by being told they would receive an award of five euros（欧元）53-------The researchers thought that the deserved prize would lead to benign envy, while the undeserved prize would lead to malicious envy.
　　　Then the volunteer was asked to give time-consuming advice to a potentially envious person.People who had reason to think they would be the target of malicious envy were more likely to take the time to give advice than targets of benign envy.
　　　In another experiment, an experimenter dropped a number of erasers on the floor as the volunteer was leaving.54--------　He said: 'This sort of serves a useful group function. We all think better-off people should share with others but that's not something we are inclined to do when we are better off..55----------　　

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Successful people are nicer to those who are jealous of them, psychologists have found.

　　　The fear that they may become the target of malicious（恶意的）envy makes people act more helpfully toward people who they think might be jealous of them.

　　　Previous research found jealousy could be divided into benign and malicious envy. Those with benign envy were motivated to improve themselves, to do better so they could be more like the person they envied.52--------　The Dutch researchers then set out to question the effect on the target of the envy.

      In lab experiments a group of people were made to feel like they would be maliciously envied by being told they would receive an award of five euros（欧元）53-------The researchers thought that the deserved prize would lead to benign envy, while the undeserved prize would lead to malicious envy.

　　　Then the volunteer was asked to give time-consuming advice to a potentially envious person.People who had reason to think they would be the target of malicious envy were more likely to take the time to give advice than targets of benign envy.

　　　In another experiment, an experimenter dropped a number of erasers on the floor as the volunteer was leaving.54--------　He said: 'This sort of serves a useful group function. We all think better-off people should share with others but that's not something we are inclined to do when we are better off..55----------　　

A. Those who thought they would be maliciously envied were more likely to help him pick them up.

    B. Helping others is a virtue.

C. However those with malicious envy wanted to bring the more successful person down.

    D. Malicious envy. is terrible.

E. This fear of envy can encourage us to behave in ways that improve the social interactions of the group.'

　　F. People are more likely to help others if they think they are envious of them.

G.. Sometimes the prize was deserved and was based on the score they were told they had earned on a quiz. But sometimes it was not based on their score at all.

　　Are some people born clever, and others born stupid? Or is intelligence developed by our environment and our experiences? Strangely enough, the answer to both these questions is yes. To some extent our intelligence is given us at birth, and no amount of special education can make a genius out of a child born with low intelligence. On the other hand, a child who lives in a boring environment will develop his intelligence less than one who lives in rich and varied surroundings. Thus the limits of a person's intelligence are fixed at birth, but whether or not he reaches those limits will depend on his environment. This view, now held by most experts, can be supported in a number of ways.

　　It is easy to show that intelligence is to some extent something we are born with. The closer the blood relationship between two people, the closer they are likely to be in intelligence. Thus if we take two unrelated people at random(随机地) from the population,it is likely that their degrees of intelligence will be completely different. If on the other hand we take two identical (完全相同的) twins they will very likely be as intelligent as each other. Relations like brothers and sisters, parents and children, usually have similar intelligence, and this clearly suggests that intelligence depends on birth.

　　Imagine now that we take two identical twins and put them in different environments. We might send one, for example, to a university and the other to a factory where the work is boring. We would soon find differences in intelligence developing, and this indicates that environment as well as birth playsa part. This conclusion is also suggested by the fact that people who live in close contact with each other, but who are not related at all, are likely to have similar degrees of intelligence.

1.Which of these sentences best describes the writer’s point in Para. 1?

　　A. To some extent, intelligence is given at birth.

　　B. Intelligence is developed by the environment.

　　C. Some people are born clever and others born stupid.

　　D. Intelligence is fixed at birth, but is developed by the environment.

2. It is suggested in this passage that_______.

　　A. unrelated people are not likely to have different intelligence

　　B. close relations usually have similar intelligence

　　C. the closer the blood relationship between people, the more different they are likely

　 　　to be in intelligence

　　D. people who live in close contact with each other are not likely to have similar degrees

　 　　of intelligence

3. In Para. 1, the word "surroundings" means_______.

　　A. intelligence 　　　　　B. life

　　C. environments 　　　　　D. housing

4.The best title for this article would be_______.

　　A. On Intelligence

　　B. What Intelligence Means

　　C. We are Born with Intelligence

　　D. Environment Plays a Part in Developing Intelligence