Habits, whether good or bad, are gradually formed. When a person does a certain thing again, he is impelled(推进，敦促)  by some unseen force to do the same thing repeatedly; thus a habit is formed. Once a habit is formed, it is difficult, and sometimes impossible, to get rid of. It is therefore very important that we should pay great attention to the formation (形成) of habits. Children often form bad habits, some of which remain with them as long as they live. Older persons also form bad habits as long as they live, and sometimes become ruined by them..

    There are other habits which, when formed in early life, are of great help. Many successful men say that much of their success has something to do with certain habits in early life, such as early rising, honesty and thoroughness(周详).

    Among the habits which children should not form are laziness, lying, stealing and so on. These are all easily formed habits. Unfortunately older persons form habits which ought to have been avoided.

    We ought to keep from all these old habits, and try to form such habits as will prove good for ourselves and others.

Habits, whether good or bad, are formed_______, _______ everyone knows.

  A. day by day; and                 B .gradually;  as 

  C. gradually; that                  D. century after century; as

Why should we pay much attention to the formation of habits?

  A. Because habits are of great help to every one of us.

  B. Because a man can never get rid of a habit.

  C. It is because we are forced to do them again and again.

  D. It is because it’s hard and even not possible to smooth them away

The bad habits formed by __________

  A. children sometimes stay in all their lives

  B. older people sometimes can kill them

  C. persons sometimes can remain with them

  D. younger people sometimes can break them

Life is filled with challenges. As we get older we 36 realize that those challenges to the very things than 37 us and make us who we are ,it is the same with the challenges that come  with 38 .

When we are fared with a challenge, we usually have two 39 . we can try to beat it off, or we can decide that the thing 40 the challenge isn’t worth the 41 and call it quits. Although there are certainly 42 when calling it quits it the right thing to do, in most 43 all that is needed is 44 and communicable.

When we are communed to something, it means that no matter how 45 or how uncomfortable something is ,we will always choose to 46 it trough instead of running away from it. Communication is making a 47 for discussion and talking about how you feel as opposed to just saying what the other person did wrong. 48 you can say to a friend, “I got my feelings hurt.” 49 “You hurt my feelings,” you are going to be able solve the problem much faster.

In dealing with many challenges that friendship will bring to you, try to see them for 50 they me: small hurdles you need to jump or 51 on your way through life. Nothing is so big that it is 52 to get over, and hurt only 53 to make us stronger. It s all part of growing up, it 54 to everyone, and some day you will 55 all of this and say, “Hard as it was, it make me who I am today. And that a good thing.”

36．A．seem to        B．come to        C．hope to       D．try to

37．A．design         B．promote        C．direct        D．shape

38．A．confidence     B．pressure        C．friendship     D．difficulty

39．A．opportunities   B．expectations     C．choices       D．aspects

40．A．demanding     B．deserving       C．predicting     D．presenting

41．A．comment      B．loss            C．trouble       D．expense

42．A．spans         B．times           C．dates         D．ages

43．A．cases         B．fields           C．parts         D．occasions

44．A．assessment    B．commitment      C．encouragement D．adjustment

45．A．doubtful      B．shameful         C．harmful       D．painful

46．A．keep         B．control          C．face          D．catch

47．A．space         B．plan            C．topic         D．room

48．A．If            B．As             C．While         D．Unless

49．A．other than     B．rather than       C．or rather       D．or else

50．A．what         B．who            C．where         D．which

51．A．pass by       B．come across      C．get through    D．run over

52．A．unnecessary   B．necessary        C．impossible     D．possible

53．A．serves        B．means          C．aims          D．attempts

54．A．opens        B．appeals          C．goes          D．happens

55．A．lock down on  B．look back on     C．look forward to  D．look up to

I feel silly in these clothes. Everyone will___________ me.

A. worry about                   B. make fun of

C. get rid of                     D. take interest in

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和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Taking Care

From a very early age, I knew I wanted to be a nurse. My mother was a nurse and I have always  36  her and the way she took care of everyone. I wanted to be just like her.

So, here I am, a   37  for the last seven years. I love my work. Now, my father is quite   38  . He is 71 and has heart failure, and a lot of other medical  39  . Up until April of this year, he was able to live alone, drive, and   40  all of his own needs. His health has broken sown swiftly. I’m the only girl out of the five children. Being the only girl and a nurse  41  me at the top of the caregiver list. Taking care of a sick parent is very  42  , not at all like taking care of other patients. I have to   43  my own family to be here with Dad. I know this is   44  I need to be but it is still hard. I   45  abut 12-15 hours day taking care of him. I want to spend all of the time that I can with him because I know that our   46  left together is short.

At the same time, I find myself  47  that my brothers don’t help more. Sometimes, it is days between their   48  . they all have families of their own and busy lives but…so do I. My eldest brother does help some. He   49  at night. He comes in at 8 or 9pm and lets me go home. But he is up and   50  to hit the road at about 6 am. My   51  brothers pop in for 10-15 minute visits. It is   52  annoying. They say they  53  stand “to see Daddy this way” which I understand. It hurts me to see him so sick  54  weak, too. But …he’s our Dad. He has taken care of us our whole lives. I just  55  like we should all do our part to take care of him now.

A．missed   B．admired    C．cheered     D．loved

A．nurse     B．mother     C．doctor      D．daughter

A．stubborn       B．healthy     C．lonely       D．ill

A．puzzles  B．difficulties       C．problems  D．matters

A．give up  B．take care of      C．watch over       D．take up

A．put B．encouraged      C．obliged     D．showed

A．necessary      B．easy  C．important  D．difficult

A．refuse    B．support     C．abandon    D．own

A．when     B．how  C．where       D．why

A．waste   B．spend       C．kill    D．pass

A．money  B．pleasure    C．emotion    D．time

A．angry   B．calm  C．enthusiastic      D．anxious

A．trips     B．favours     C．visits D．meals

A．lives    B．appears     C．sleeps       D．stays

A．likely   B．ready C．sorry D．glad

A．other    B．dear  C．busy  D．pitiful

A．even    B．ever  C．still   D．really

A．mustn’t       B．needn’t     C．can’t D．shouldn’t

A．or B．and   C．yet    D．but

A．feel      B．sound       C．smell D．look

Parents who smoke often open a window or turn on a fan to clear the air for their children, but experts now have identified a related threat to children's health that isn't as easy to get rid of: third-hand smoke。

That's the term being   1   to describe the invisible yet poisonous mixture of gases and particles(颗粒) clinging(依附) to smokers' hair and   2  , not to mention cushions and carpeting, that stays long after second-hand smoke has cleared from a room. The remaining   3  heavy metals, carcinogens(致癌物) and even radioactive materials that young children can get on their hands and take in,   4  if they're crawling or playing on the floor。

Doctors from MassGeneral Hospital for Children in Boston coined the term "third-hand smoke" to   5  these chemicals in a new study that   6  on the risks they pose to infants and children. The study was published in the  7  issue of the journal Pediatrics。

"Everyone knows that second-hand smoke is bad,  8  they don't know about this," said Dr. Jonathan P. Winickoff, the lead author of the study and an assistant professor of pediatrics at Harvard Medical School。

"When their kids are   9  the house, they might smoke. Or they smoke in the car. Or they strap(用带子捆扎) the kid in the car seat in the back and crack the window and   10  , and they think it's okay because the second-hand smoke isn't getting to their  11  . We needed a term to describe these tobacco toxins that aren't  12  ."

The study reported on  13  toward smoking in 1,500 households across the United States. It found that the vast majority of both smokers and nonsmokers were   14  that second-hand smoke is harmful to children. Some 95 percent of nonsmokers and 84 percent of smokers  15  with the statement that "inhaling smoke from a parent's cigarette can   16  the health of infants and children"。

But   17  fewer of those surveyed were aware of the  18  of third-hand smoke. Since the term is so new, the researchers asked people if they agreed with the statement that "breathing air in a room   19  where people smoked yesterday can harm the health of infants and children"。

Only 65 percent of nonsmokers and 43 percent of smokers agreed with that  20  , which researchers interpreted as acknowledgement of the risks of third-hand smoke。

(    ) 1. A. told                 B. discussed   C. used                 D. mentioned

(    ) 2. A. shoes                      B. clothing     C. body               D. mouth

(    ) 3. A. includes           B. covers       C. finds               D. improves

(    ) 4. A. especially        B. specially    C. immediately      D. regularly

(    ) 5. A. name                      B. call           C. explain             D. describe

(    ) 6. A. focused            B. tended       C. tried                 D. worked

(    ) 7. A. later                 B. latest        C. best                  D. previous

(    ) 8. A. but                  B. and           C. however           D. or

(    ) 9. A. alongside          B. out of            C. in                    D. beside

(    ) 10. A. cough             B. talk           C. observe            D. smoke

(    ) 11. A. cars               B. seats          C. kids                 D. windows

(    ) 12. A. visible            B. invisible    C. poisonous        D. concrete

(    ) 13. A. policies          B. attitudes    C. bans                 D. habits

(    ) 14. A. told               B. content      C. confident          D. aware

(    ) 15. A. opposed          B. agreed       C. fought              D. connected

(    ) 16. A. harm                  B. destroy      C. improve           D. confuse

(    ) 17. A. quite                  B. very          C. far                   D. too

(    ) 18. A. chances          B. risks          C. abilities            D. conditions

(    ) 19. A. tomorrow     B. today               C. yesterday          D. weekend

(    ) 20. A. statement               B. mark        C. discussion        D. Prejudice