People do not analyze every problem they meet. Sometimes they try to remember a solution, from the last time they had a  36  problem. They often accept the opinions or ideas of other people. Other times they begin to act without  37   .They try to find a solution by trial or error. 3 8  , when all of these methods   39__ , the person with a problem has to start analyzing. There are six   40   in analyzing a problem.

     41  the person must recognize that these is a problem. For example, Sam's bicycle is broken, and he cannot ride it to class as he usually does. Sam must   42   that there is a problem with the bicycle.

Next, the person must find the problem. Before Sam can repair his bicycle, he must know why it does not work. For example, he must   43   the parts that are wrong.

Now the person must look for   44    that will make the problem clearer and lead to 45 solutions. For example, suppose Sam decides that his bicycle does not work because there is something wrong with the brakes.  46  , he can look in his bicycle repair book and read about brakes, talk to his friends at the bike shop, or look at his brakes carefully.

After  47   the problem, the person should have  48   suggestions for a possible solution. Take Sam as an example   49   , his suggestions might be: tighten or loosen the brakes; buy new brakes and change old ones.

In the end, one  50   seems to be the solution to the problem. Sometimes the   51  idea comes quite   52   because the thinker suddenly sees something new or sees something in a different way. Sam, for example, suddenly sees there is a piece of chewing gum stuck to a brake. He  53   hits on the solution to his problem: he must   54  the brake.

Finally the solution is  55  . Sam does it and finds his bicycle works perfectly. In short he has solved the problem.

36． A．serious        usual         C．similar              D．common

37．.A. practice        B. thinking        C. understanding         D. help

38． A．Besides       Instead        C．Otherwise           D．However

39． A．fail           work         C．change              D．develop

40． A．ways         conditions      C．stages              D．orders

41． A．First          Usually         C．In general            D．Most importantly

42． A．explain       prove          C．show               D．see

43． A．checkable     B．determine       C．correct             D．recover

44． A．answers       B．skills          C．explanation          D．information

45．A．possible       B．exact          C．real                 D．special

46．A．In other words  B．Once in a while  C．First of all           D．At this time

47．A．discussing     B．settling down    C．comparing with       D．studying

48．A．extra          B．enough         C．several             D．countless

49．A．secondly       B．again           C．also               D．alone

50．A．suggestion     B．conclusion       C．decision            D．discovery

51．A．next          B．clear            C．final               D．new

52．A．unexpectedly   B．late             C．clearly             D．often

53．A．fortunately     B．easily          C．clearly              D．immediately

54．A．clean          B．separate        C．loosen              D．remove

55．A．recorded          B．completed      C．tested                D．accepted

How many times have you got upset because someone wasn't doing his job，because your child isn't behaving？How many times have you been irritated (恼怒的) when you've planned something carefully and things didn't go as you'd hoped?

This kind of anger and irritation happens to all of us—it’s part of the human experiences.

One thing that irritates me is when people talk during a movie，or cut me off in traffic. Actually, I have a lot of these little annoyances—don't we all？And it isn’t always easy to find peace when you’ve become upset or irritated.

Let me tell you a little secret to finding peace of mind: see the glass as already broken .

See, the cause of our stress, anger and irritation is that things don't go the way we like, the way we expect them to. Think of how many times this has been true for you. And so the solution is simple：expect things to go wrong, expect things to be different than we hoped or planned，expect the unexpected to happen. And accept it.

One quick example: on our recent trip to Japan, I told my kids to expect things to go wrong—they always do on a trip. I told them, “See it as part of the adventure.”

And this worked like a charm. When we inevitably(不可避免地) took the wrong train on a foreign­language subway system, or when it rained on the day we went to Disney Sea, or when we took three trains and walked 10 blocks only to find the National Children's Castle closed on Mondays...they said, “It's part of the adventure！” And it was all OK—we didn't get too bothered.

So when the nice glass you bought inevitably falls and breaks some day, you might get upset. But things will be different, if you see the glass as already broken, from the day you get it. You know it'll break some day, so from the beginning, see it as already broken. Be a time­traveler, or someone with time­traveling vision, and see the future of this glass, from this moment until it inevitably breaks. And when it breaks, you won't be upset or sad—because it was already broken, from the day you got it. And you’ll realize that every moment you have with it is precious.

1.The author’s children could enjoy their trip to Japan because________.

A. everything went smoothly

B. they had a lot of adventures

C. they had expected things to go wrong

D. they could soon get used to the customs there

2.The author would probably agree that________.

A. we should control our anger and irritation

B. we must get well prepared for the future

C. optimism can help us overcome our anger and irritation

D. anger and irritation is a natural part of our life

3.The purpose of the author is to________.

A. tell us his own experience in life

B. advise us how to find peace of mind

C. tell us a happy trip he took with his children

D. ask us to see things from both sides

4.By the underlined part (in Para.3), the author tells us to________.

A. get ready for the worst result of things

B. enjoy the process of things

C. expect little from life

D. find the relationship between cause and effect

5.We can learn from the passage that the author________.

A. often gets angry in his life

B. can adjust his state of mind accordingly

C. always expects others to act in his way

D. always suffers from his anger and irritation

第二节：完型填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36-55各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出最佳选项。

The earliest men did not have much time for art; they faced many dangers, and hunting for food took  36  almost all their time . But after many thousands of years,  37 perhaps a million years or more, they became very good hunters, and   38  gave them a little free time which they could use for other things. A few of them began to paint on the walls of the caves    39  they lived. Many early artists painted animals  40  they were the most important things in their lives. Animals supplied   41  to keep them living, and skins to keep them    42 .

Like painters today, the  43  artists possibly painted for many   44 , Perhaps they wanted to give their cave a little brightness and color; perhaps they had a few special ideas which they could express most easily in a   45  and perhaps they   46  wanted to spend a little time in a pleasant way. Many of them  47  magic（巫术），and they often drew animals which they caught. They  48  that by drawing these things, they would make them really   49 .

In many parts of the world , people have   50  cave paintings. The earliest paintings  51  we know about are in Europe. Because of the  52  weather, the earliest men in Europe used the caves for  53 ; in many warmer parts of the world, this was not necessary. We know a lot about the  54  of the Eurpopean paintings, and we believe that the earliest  55  were painted about thirty thousand years ago.

36．A．away         B．back            C．out        D．up

37．A．even         B．though             C．and       D．or

38．A．which          B．this              C．what      D．who

39．A．which          B．that              C．where       D．when

40．A．although      B．because            C．if          D．as if

41．A．air           B．fur               C．food      D．water

42．A．comfortable     B．warm                  C．beautiful   D．healthy

43．A．super         B．early             C．clever       D．talented

44．A．people         B．places              C．animals     D．reasons

45．A．painting       B．word             C．smile      D．wall

46．A．often         B．quite             C．just       D．even

47．A．believed in       B．took advantage of  C．tried out   D．begged for

48．A．knew         B．hoped              C．understood D．realized

49．A．disappear     B．appear             C．miss      D．find

50．A．searched      B．looked for         C．discovered       D．known

51．A．which          B．that              C．when      D．as

52．A．sunny          B．warm                  C．cool      D．cold

53．A．home              B．house              C．shelter      D．building

54．A．names         B．dates             C．places       D．shows

55．A．that          B．one              C．it          D．ones

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We once had a poster competition in our fifth grade art class.
“You could win prizes，’’our teacher told US as she wrote the poster information on the blackboard. She passed out sheets of construction paper while continuing，“The first prize is ten dollars. You just have to make sure that the words on the blackboard appear somewhere on your poster. ”
We studied the board critically. Some of US looked with one eye and held up certain colors against the blackboard，rocking the sheets to the fight or left while we conjured up our designs. Others twisted their hair around their fingers or chewed their erasers while deep in thought. We had plans for that ten—dollar grand prize，each and every one of US. I'm going to spend mine on candies，one hopeful would announce，while another practiced looking serious，wise and rich.
Everyone in the class made a poster. Some of us used parts of those fancy paper napkins， while others used nothing but colored construction paper. Some of US used big designs，and some of us preferred to gather our art tidily down in one comer of our poster and let the space draw the viewer's attention to it. Some of US would wander past the good students’ desks and then return to our own projects with a growing sense of hopelessness. It was yet another grown-up trick of the soil they seemed especially fond of。making all of US believe we had a fair chance，and then always—always—rewarding the same old winners.
I believe I drew a sailboat，but I can’t say that with any certainty. I made it. I admired it. I determined it to be the very best of all of the posters I had seen，and then I turned it in.
Minutes passed.
No one came along to give me the grand prize，and then someone distracted me，and I probably never would have thought about that poster again.
I was still sitting at my desk，thinking，What poster? When the teacher gave me an envelope with a ten-dollar bill in it and everyone in the class applauded for me.
51.. What was the teacher's requirement for the poster?
A. It must appear in time.
B. It must be done in class.
C. It must be done on a construction sheet.
D. It must include the words on the blackboard.
52. The underlined phrase in paragraph 3 most probably means _____________.
A. formed an idea for        B. made an outline for
C. made some space for      D. chose some colors for
53. After the teacher’s words，all the students in the class _________.
A. 1ooked very serious                 B. thought they would be rich
C. began to think about their designs       D. began to play games
54. After seeing the good students’ designs，some students _________.
A. 1oved their own designs more
B. thought they had a fair chance
C. put their own designs in a comer
D. thought they would not win the prize
55. We can infer from the passage that the author ______________.
A. enjoyed grown-up tricks very much
B. 1oved poster competitions very much
C. felt surprised to win the competition
D. became wise and rich after the competition

The Pacific island nation of Nauru used to be a beautiful place. Now it is an ecological disaster area. Nauru’s heartbreaking story could have one good consequence — other countries might learn from its mistakes.
For thousands of years, Polynesian people lived the remote island of Nauru, far from western civilization. The first European to arrive was John Fearn in 1798. He was the British captain of the Hunter, a whaling ship. He called the island Pleasant Island.
However, because it was very remote, Nauru had little communication with Europeans at first. The whaling ships and other traders began to visit, bringing guns and alcohol. These elements destroyed the social balance of the twelve family groups on the island. A ten-year civil war started, which reduced the population from 1,400 to 900.
Nauru’s real troubles began in 1899 when a British mining company discovered phosphate (磷酸盐)on the island. In fact, it found that the island of Nauru was nearly all phosphate, which a very important fertilizer for farming. The company began mining the phosphate.
A phosphate mine is not a hole in the ground; it is a strip mine. When a company strip-mines, it removes the top layer of soil. Then it takes away the material it wants. Strip mining totally destroys the land. Gradually, the lovely island of Nauru started to look like the moon.
In 1968, Nauru became one of the richest countries in the world. Every year the government received millions and millions of dollars for its phosphate.
Unfortunately, the leaders invested the money unwisely and lost millions of dollars. In addition, they used millions more dollars for personal expenses. Soon people realized that they had a terrible problem — their phosphate was running out. Ninety percent of their island was destroyed and they had nothing. By 2000, Nauru was financially ruined. Experts say that it would take approximately $433,600,000 and more than 20 years to repair the island. This will probably never happen.
【小题1】What might be the author’s purpose in writing the text?