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At the age of 16, Einstein failed in several exams because he often played with some bad kids. One weekend morning, Einstein carried a fishing net and prepared to go fishing with those _________. His father stopped him and said to him calmly, “Einstein, you were spending too much time _________, so you failed in the exams. I’m _________ about your future with your mother.”

“What are you worrying about? Jack and Robert also _________, but they went fishing as usual.”

“My boy, you can’t think so,” looking at Einstein, his father said lovingly, “There is a _________ in our hometown. I hope you can listen to it carefully.”

“There were two cats playing on the roof. _________, they fell into the chimney（烟囱）. When they climbed out of the chimney, one cat’s face was dirty _________ the other’s face was clean. Seeing the dirty-faced cat, the clean-faced one thought its own face was also dirty, so it quickly ran to the riverside and washed its _________. The dirty-faced cat saw the clean-faced one, thinking its own face was clean as well, so it walked happily in the street.”

“Einstein, _________ can be your mirror（镜子）. Only you are your own mirror. Some of the kids are not strict with themselves. If you take them to be your mirror, even a __________ person may become stupid.” Hearing this, Einstein’s face turned red. He put down his fishing net and returned to his small room.

After that, Einstein often took himself as a mirror to be __________ with himself and kept telling himself, “I am special, so I needn’t be as common as others.” This was why Einstein __________ in his career.

One thousand people have one thousand kinds of wishes in life. Different wishes will produce different __________ about life. You can learn from other people, but you can __________ follow others completely.

You must see yourself clearly, and know what you want to get. Your future doesn’t __________ how others act, but on what you are going to act.

1.

A．adults

B．kids

C．teachers

D．artists

2.

A．playing

B．working

C．reading

D．studying

3.

A．excited

B．curious

C．worried

D．crazy

4.

A．checked

B．passed

C．dreamed

D．failed

5.

A．song

B．story

C．speech

D．saying

6.

A．Luckily

B．Hopefully

C．Unluckily

D．Naturally

7.

A．while

B．or

C．so

D．for

8.

A．mouth

B．tail

C．nose

D．face

9.

A．somebody

B．nobody

C．anybody

D．everybody

10.

A．poor

B．rich

C．lazy

D．clever

11.

A．tired

B．angry

C．strict

D．satisfied

12.

A．regretted

B．graduated

C．succeed

D．provided

13.

A．ideas

B．reasons

C．mistakes

D．secrets

14.

A．sometimes

B．often

C．always

D．never

15.

A．try on

B．depend on

C．live on

D．hold on

According to a new survey. Students’ safety has become a big problem. Nearly 50% of students say they are worried about robbery (抢劫) on the way to and from school. Now in main big cities in China, some schools have taught an unusual lesson: self-protection. Students like this lesson because there are no exams or boring classes. And they can learn how to save lives and know how to stop danger before it really happens. Chen Haoyu, a teacher at Beijing No 25 Middle School, give young students advice on how to deal with danger.

If you are robbed

Keep calm. If you can not cry for help or run away, give the robber your money. Try to remember what the robber looks like and tell the police later.

If you are in a traffic accident.

If a car hits you, you should remember the car number. If it is a bicycle, try to call your parents before you let the rider go. This is because you don’t know how seriously you are hurt.

If it is raining hard and there is lighting. (闪电)

Don't stay in high places and stay away from trees.

When there is a fire.

Get away as fast as yon can. Put wet things on your body and try to find an exit. Do not take the lift.

If someone is drowning. (溺水)

If you can’t swim, don’t get into the water. Cry out for help. Remember that danger is never as far away as you think. Take care of yourself at any time!

16. Why do students like the self-protection lesson?
①Because there are no tests.        
②Because the lessons are boring.
③ Because they can learn how to save lives.
④Because they can know how to stop danger before it happens.

A．①②

B．②③

C．①②④

D．①③④

17. If your house is on fire, you must ________.

A．put dry things on your body

B．run quickly and take the lift

C．run away and find an exit as quickly as you can

D．take everything you have and then run away

18. There are ________ ways of self-protection mentioned in the passage.

A．3

B．4

C．5

D．6

19. The best title for this passage is ________.

A．How to Keep Calm

B．Self-protection

C．An usual lesson

D．Danger

Tom and Becky walked into the cave (洞穴). They held their candles high and saw names and dates which were written on the walls by other people. Suddenly they were in a part of the cave without any writing on the walls. They used candle smoke to write their own names on the rock and then walked on.

Soon they came to a little stream of water. The cave wall looked like a frozen (冰冻的) waterfall. Tom went behind the stone waterfall and found an opening in the rock. They started to walk down into the earth. They went deeper and deeper into the cave. Tom and Becky made many candle smoke marks on the walls to show the way back. It was exciting.

They soon found themselves in a huge open space that was full of bats (蝙蝠). There were thousands of them. The light from their candles woke up the bats, and they flew at the candles. ____▲____, so he took Becky’s hand to hurry her away, but one of the bats followed and put out Becky’s candle with its wings. The bats followed them for a long time, but Tom and Becky ran into every new passage (通道) that they came to, and at last they got away from the bats.

20. What’s the correct order (顺序) of the following things?
a. Tom and Becky wrote their names on the rock.
b. A bat followed them and put out the candle.
c. Tom and Becky went deeper into the cave.
d. They reached a huge open space with thousands of bats.

A．a,d,c,b

B．c,b,a,d

C．a,c,d,b

D．c,a,b,d

21. Which sentence can we put in the blank “____▲____”?

A．Tom knew this was dangerous	B．Tom was proud of what he did
C．Tom felt excited at that moment	D．Tom fell down and nearly hurt his leg

22. We can see from the passage that Tom is ________.

A．brave and clever	B．honest and kind
C．shy and quiet	D．polite and helpful

John and Ann are from Dublin, Ireland. They’ve been friends since they were children. They lived in the same neighborhood when they were young and they went to the same university.

Today John is a 34-year-old engineer. He works in the heart of Dublin. He is very busy and doesn’t have much free time. He found a maid (女佣) to clean his house on Saturdays, but during the week he has to make the bed and tidy up his room. He must also wash the dishes. He often arrives home very late. Luckily, his maid is quite professional and takes good care of the house. In just 6 hours, the house begins to shine with a fresh look and clean air to breathe.

Ann is 35 years old. She lives in a small village in Dublin. She works as a doctor at the village’s health center. She starts working at 9 a.m., and finishes at 4 p.m. There is a half-hour lunch break at 12: 30 p.m. After work, Ann has to pick up her two daughters from school. After they arrive home, the children do their homework while Ann prepares dinner. Her husband usually does part of the chores when he gets home. First he prepares the children’s bath and then he washes clothes. Before dinner, he hangs up the clothes and then the children help him to lay the table and... it’s dinner time! After dinner, Ann’s husband usually does the dishes while she tidies up the kitchen. When there is too much rubbish, she takes it out.

23. What does the underlined word “professional” mean in Chinese?

A．幽默的

B．敏感的

C．专业的

D．传统的

24. How long does Ann work a day?

A．For six hours.	B．For six and a half hours.
C．For seven hours.	D．For seven and a half hours.

25. What does Ann’s husband often do after dinner?

A．He does the dishes.	B．He tidies up the kitchen.
C．He washes his children’s clothes.	D．He helps the children with homework.

26. What do we know about John and Ann?

A．They are the same age.

B．They both have a big family.

C．They went to the same high school.

D．They once lived in the same neighborhood.

People have understood that kindness is good for the person who receives help. However, scientists have recently begun to study the effect of the kindness on the person giving it. What they have found is that doing good is good for the doer (行为者). Acts of kindness can improve health, help a person reach goals and even add years to a person’s life.

The first study to show the connection between doing good and living along life was a study on aging (衰老). Beginning in 1956, scientists studied a group of married mothers for 30 years. They found that what did matter was whether they volunteered. Women that volunteered had fewer diseases during their life.

Many other studies have found the same positive (积极的) effects. Helping other people improves long-term health. Those who volunteered had fewer serious diseases than those who did not volunteer. This included diseases such as heart attack, cancer and stroke.

Scientists are researching many possible causes. One possible cause is an increase in antibodies (抗体), which help fight against disease. One study showed the body produces more antibodies after an act of kindness. This increase in antibodies (抗体) can last nearly an hour after one act of kindness is finished.

Another one is an increase in a chemical that fights the effects of stress from life. Scientists have found a link between being kind to people and an increase in the chemical oxytocin (催生素). Oxytocin is a chemical produced in the brain. It reduces many of the harmful chemicals the body produces under stress.

27. What did the study in Paragraph 2 show?

A．Diseases age people fast.	B．Doing good is good for one’s health.
C．Women with more kids die earlier.	D．A long marriage leads to a long life.

28. What can we infer about antibodies from Paragraph 4?

A．More antibodies may not be good.	B．They help people reduce pressure.
C．They increase with one’s kind acts.	D．The more antibodies, the more oxytocin.

29. How does the author develop the last two paragraphs?

A．By explaining the causes.	B．By making comparisons.
C．By introducing a method.	D．By describing a chemical.

30. What’s the main idea of the text?

A．Everyone needs to be cared for.

B．Happiness is connected with kindness.

C．Try your best to help someone in need.

D．Helping others means helping yourself.