Confidence is very important in daily life. It can help you to develop a healthy attitude. But how to be more confident? Here are some suggestions:

1.If you like singing, sing as much as you can. In some ways, a hobby can make you outstanding. And it will make you happy and confident.

2.Exercise makes you tired but relaxed. A strong body helps you be full of confidence.

3.Fear comes along with failure（失败）. But it’s easy to overcome if you know that failure is part of your life. Try to start again and believe you can do better.

4.When you are not confident, you will speak in a low voice. Try to speak loudly enough so that people can hear you clearly. The high voice can help you become more confident.

5.Write down a list of things you did during the day to see how many things you have done well. Did you finish your homework？Did you tell a joke that made everybody laugh?

Give yourself praise（表扬）for the good things you’ve done.

A thief entered the bedroom of the 30^th President of the United States, who met him and helped him escape punishment.

The event happened in the early morning hours on one of the first days when Calvin Coolidge came into power, late in August,1923. He and his family were living in the same third-floor suite (套房) at the Willard Hotel in Washington that they had moved in several years before. The former President’s wife was still living in the White House.

Coolidge woke up to see a stranger go through his clothes, remove a wallet and a watch chain.

Coolidge spoke, “I wish you wouldn’t take that.”

The thief, gaining his voice, said, “Why?”

“I don’t mean the watch and chain, only the charm (表坠). Take it near the window and read the words on its back, ” the president said.

The thief read, “Presented to Calvin Coolidge.”

“Are you President Coolidge?” he asked.

The president answered, “ Yes, and the House of Representatives（众议院）gave me the watch charm. I’m fond of it. It would do you no good. You want money. Let’s talk this over.”

Holding up the wallet, the young man said in a low voice, “I’ll take this and leave everything else.”

Coolidge, knowing there was 80 dollars in it, asked the young man to sit down and talk. He told the President he and his college roommate had overspent during their holiday and did not have enough money to pay their hotel bill.

Coolidge added up the roommate two rail tickets back to the college. Then he counted out 32 dollars and said it was a loan (借款).

He then told the young man, “There is a guard in the corridor(走廊).” The young man nodded and left through the same window as he had entered.

1.What caused the thief to meet the President?

A. He knew the president had lots of money.

B. He knew the president lived in the suite.

C. He wanted to be a rich businessman.

D. He wanted to steal some money.

2.Why did Calvin Coolidge live at the Willard Hotel in those days?

A. Because the former president was still in the White House.

B. Because the former First Lady hadn’t left the White House.

C. Because the hotel was suitable for the First Family to live.

D. Because the First lady liked to live there.

3.Coolidge counted out 32 dollars______.

A. in order to be out of danger

B. to make more money from the loan

C. in order not to be killed by the thief

D. so that the student could overcome his difficulty

4.The young man’s roommate went back to college _____.

A. by bus           B. by water         C. by train     D. by air

5.Which of the following might happen afterwards?

A. The thief was put into prison.

B. The young man repaid the 32 dollars.

C. The President told many reporters the thief’s name.

D. The President ordered the young man to repay the money.

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There are four people in my family. Every day my parents are very busy trying to make 1. m   ▲    in order to pay the high tuition (学费) for my brother and me. They hardly say “I love you” or send flowers to each other. Besides, my father has a bad temper (脾气). It is 2.e   ▲    for him to lose his temper 3.w   ▲    he’s very tired from the hard work. I didn’t know whether there was love between them until one spring. At that time, my father 4.s   ▲    got badly sick. My mother had to stay with him in the5.h   ▲    for a month. When they returned from the hospital, they both looked very weak as if both of them had a serious illness.

After they were back, my mother helped my father6.w   ▲    slowly on the country road every day in the morning and dusk. 7.H   ▲    , after two months my father still couldn’t walk by 8.h   ▲    . All of us were worried about him.

　　”Dad, how are you feeling now?” I asked him one day.

“Susan, don’t9.w   ▲    about me.” he said in a low voice. “I just like walking with your mom. I like this kind of life.” Reading his eyes, I know he loves my mother very much.

Once I thought love meant10.f   ▲    , presents and sweet kisses. But from this experience, I understand that love is inside, making life strong and warm.

"Can I see my baby?" asked the happy new mother. When the baby was in her arms, she couldn't believe her eyes. The baby was born without ears.

Time proved(证明) that the baby's hearing was very good though he had no ears. He got on well with his classmates. But one day, he said to his mother, tears in his eyes, "A big boy called me a freak (畸形的)."

　　The boy's father asked the family doctor. "Could nothing be done?"

　　"I believe I could graft (植入) on a pair of outer ears if they could be got," the doctor said. They tried to find a person who was helpful for the young man.

　　One day, his father said to the son, "You're going to the hospital, son. Mother and I have someone who will donate the ears you need. But we must keep it a secret who the person is."

　　The operation(手术) was a great success, and a new person appeared. His cleverness and hard work made him a very successful person. He married and lived a happy life.

　　He once asked his father, "Who gave me the ears? I could do enough for him or her."

　　"I do not believe you could, "said the father." The agreement was that you are not to know...not yet."

　　For years they kept it a secret, but the day did come. He stood with his father over his mother's body. Slowly, the father raised the thick, brown hair. To his surprise, the son found his mother had no outer ears.

　　"Mother said she was glad she never needed to cut her hair," his father said in a low voice, "and nobody ever thought mother less beautiful, did they?”

1.The mother was surprised to see her baby for the first time because the baby__.

2.The sentence"...a new person appeared." means"______."

3.Why did the boy's mother never cut her hair?

4.Which of the following is true according to the passage?

5.Which is the best title for the passage?

The train started moving. It was full of people of all ages. Near the   46  sat an old man with his 30-year-old son. As the train passed by, the son was very   47  as he looked out of the window. “Dad, look! The green trees moving away from us are very beautiful.”
This behavior from a 30-year-old son made   48  people feel strange about him. Everyone started murmuring (小声嘀咕) about the son. “This man seems to be stupid.” Ross said to his wife. Suddenly it started   49 . Rain drops fell on the travelers through the window. The 30-year-old son said with joy, “Dad, look! See   50  beautiful the rain is.”
Ross’ wife got angry   51   the rain drops made her new suit wet. “Can’t you see it’s raining, old man? If your son is not feeling well, get him to a   52  , and don’t let him annoy(打扰) us.”
The old man didn’t say anything   53  . Then he answered in a low voice, “We are on the way back from the hospital. He was blind when he was born, and he only   54   his vision(视力) last week. Everything is new to his   55   Please excuse us for the trouble...”
【小题1】A. floor                  B. window                  C. door
【小题2】A. excited            B. sad                     C. surprised
【小题3】A. another                B. other                   C. the other
【小题4】A. raining                B. shining             C. blowing
【小题5】A. what                   B. how                 C. which  
【小题6】A. because            B. because of              C. why   
【小题7】A. restaurant             B. hospital               C. hotel 
【小题8】A. at first               B. at last                 C. at times
【小题9】A. has got                B. gets                    C. got  
【小题10】A. ears                  B. eyes                    C. nose