B.
My secret for staying young is simple. Put all attention to the part of you---your brain and keep it young and growing. Keep your mind awake and you’ll stay young all over. These are exciting time. Take an interest in the world around you, and stick to(坚持) learning at least one new thing every day.
No matter how old you are, it’s not too late to make your life more interesting. I know a housewife with no knowledge before who made herself into a famous industrial engineer(工业工程师).I know a retired(退休) electrical engineer who has became a highly-paid ceramin (陶器的) artist.
Get over the idea that you are ever too old to go back to school. I know a man who entered a medical college at 70.He got his degree with honor and became a doctor. Another man went to law school at 71 and now is an active lawyer(律师).Staying young is easy for those, old or young, who live in the future. You can do it if you care enough to try. Keep you mind awake and active: that’s the only elixir(万验灵丹)
41.The statement that brain to people of all ages, remains young and growing is_____.
A.impossible                               B.a scientific fact(科学事实)
Ｃ.supposed(或许) to be true        D.a wrong conclusion( 错误结论)
42.It is wrong to______.
think oneself too old to go back to school  B.keep one’s mind awake
try to stay young                      D.get one’s degree with honors
43.The passage tells that the man who entered college at 70 became_____.
A.an active lawyer                       B.an electrical engineer
C.a famous doctor                       D.a highly-paid ceramic artist
44.The only youth elixir is______.
to go back to school                     B.not to think about one’s age
to live in the future                  D.to keep one’s mind awake and active
45.According to the writer,you should_____learning at least one new thing every day.
A.take care of        B.start            C.begin          D.keep on

第三节：书面表达（满分30分）
请根据以下提示写一篇关于早起有益的短文。（80字左右）
1.早起锻炼身体可使身体健康，强壮。2.早起朗读，有助于记住学过的东西.3.可为一天的活动做好准备。4.坚持早起对培养好的性格也很有益处。
参考词：stick to 坚持；character性格
　　Getting up early is a good habit.______________________                
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Just listen
I suspect that the most basic and powerful way to connect to another person is to listen. Just listen. Perhaps the most important thing we ever give each other is our  36  , and especially if it’s given from the 37 . When people are talking, there’s no need to do anything but 38 them. Just take them  39 . Listen to what they’re saying. Care about it. Most times caring about it is even more important than  40 it.
One of my patients told me that when she 41  to tell her story, people often  42  to tell her that they had once had something just like what happened to her. Subtly, her pain became a story about themselves.   43  she stopped talking to most people. It was just too 44 . We connect through listening. When we interrupt what someone is saying to let them know that we understand, we move the 45  of attention to ourselves. But when we listen, they know we care.
I have ever learned to 46  to someone crying by just listening. In the old days I used to reach for the tissues(纸巾)  47 I realized that passing a person a tissue may be just another way to shut them  48 , to take them out of their  49 of sadness and pain. Now I just listen. When they have cried all they need to cry, they find me there 50  them.
This 51  thing has not been that easy to learn. It certainly went against everything I had been  52  since I was very young at school. I thought people listened only because they were too  53 to speak or did not know the answer. A loving silence often has far more 54  to connect than the most well-intentioned(善意的) 55 .

第三节：书面表达（满分30分）

请根据以下提示写一篇关于早起有益的短文。（80字左右）

1.早起锻炼身体可使身体健康，强壮。2.早起朗读，有助于记住学过的东西.3.可为一天的活动做好准备。4.坚持早起对培养好的性格也很有益处。

参考词：stick to 坚持；character性格

　　Getting up early is a good habit.______________________                

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We were driving on the right road when, all of a sudden, a black car pulled out of a parking space right in front of us. My taxi driver stepped on his brake, skidded(打滑), and missed the black car’s back end by just inches! The driver of the black car, who almost caused a major accident, turned his head angrily and started shouting bad words at us.

My taxi driver just smiled and waved at the guy. I mean, my taxi driver was friendly. So, I said, “Why did you just do that? This guy almost ruined your car and sent us to hospital!” And the following is what my taxi driver told me, which I now call “the law of the Garbage Truck”.

“Many people are like garbage(垃圾) trucks. They run around full of garbage, full of anger, and full of disappointment. As their garbage piles up, they need a place to dump(倾卸)it. And if you let them, they dump it on you. When someone wants to dump on you, don’t take it personally. Just smile, wave, wish him well, and move on. Believe me. You’ll be happier.”

So this is “The Law of the Garbage Truck”. I started thinking: How often do I let “Garbage Trucks” run right over me? And how often do I take their garbage and spread it to other people at work, at home, or on the streets? It was then that I said, “I’m not going to do it any more.”

I began to see “Garbage Trucks”. I see the load they’re carrying. I see them coming to drop it off. And like my taxi driver, I don’t make it a personal thing; I just smile, wave, and move on.

Good leaders know they have to be ready for their next meeting. Good parents know that they have to welcome their children home from school with hugs and kisses. What about you? The mark of a successful person is how quickly he can get back his focus on what’s important.

1.Who acted like a garbage truck in the accident described in the first two paragraphs?

2.The reason why the taxi driver just smiled and waved at the guy is that ______.

3.The underlined part “the load” in Paragraph 5 refers to _____.

4.What is the main idea of the last paragraph?