1 . A young man was getting ready to graduate from college. For many months he had admired a beautiful sports car in a dealer’s showroom, and knowing his father could well afford it, he told him that was all he wanted.

As Graduation Day approached, the young man awaited signs that his father had purchased the car. Finally, on the morning of his graduation, his father called him into his private study. His father told him how proud he was to have such a fine son, and told him how much he loved him. He handed his son a beautiful wrapped gift box. Curious, but somewhat frustrated, the young man opened the box and found a lovely, leather-bound Bible, with the young man’s name embossed in gold. Angrily, he raised his voice to his father and said, “With all your money you give me a Bible?” He then stormed out of the house, leaving the Bible.

Many years passed and the young man was very successful in business. He had a beautiful home and a wonderful family, but realizing his father was very old, he thought perhaps he should go to see him. He had not seen him since that graduation day. Before he could make the arrangements, he received a telegram telling him his father had passed away, and willed all of his possessions to his son. He needed to come home immediately and take care of things.

When he arrived at his father’s house, sudden sadness and regret filled his heart. He began to search through his father’s important papers and saw the still new Bible, just as he had left it years ago. With tears, he opened the Bible and began to turn the pages. As he was reading, a car key dropped from the back of the Bible. It had a tag with the dealer’s name, the same dealer who had the sports car he had desired. On the tag was the date of his graduation, and the words… “PAID IN FULL”.

How many times do we miss blessings because they are not packaged as we expected? Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; but remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for.

Sometimes we don’t realize the good fortune we have or we could have because we expect “the packaging” to be different. What may appear as bad fortune may in fact be the door that is just waiting to be opened.

1. What’s the best title for this passage?

A．A Kind Father.	B．A Key of a Car.
C．A leather-bound Bible.	D．An Unforgettable Graduation Ceremony.

2. What does the underlined word “frustrated” in Paragraph 2 probably mean?

A．Disappointed.

B．Unconcerned.

C．Puzzled.

D．Bored.

3. What does the last paragraph want to tell us?

A．There is no fence for ill fortune.

B．Good fortune favors the brave and courageous.

C．We must not look only at the surface of things.

D．A strong man will struggle with the storms of fate.

4. From the passage, we can learn that _________.

A．the young man accepted the gift at first

B．the young man regretted what he’d done to his father

C．the young man accompanied his father for a long time

D．the young man was successful in business with the help of his father

2 . More than half the young children and teenagers in China are nearsighted, according to a survey by top government agencies, which called for intensified efforts to prevent and control the condition.

The survey, which was conducted last year, found that eight of 10 senior middle school students were nearsighted, compared with 71.6 percent in junior middle school, 36 percent in primary school and 14 percent of 6-year-olds in kindergarten. Overall, 53.6 percent were nearsighted. The prevalence (流行程度) of a high degree of myopia also became alarming as the percentage of senior students in high school, who wear glasses stronger than six diopters, has mounted to 21.9 percent. Up to 80 percent of the country’s young adults suffer from nearsightedness, according to a report in the medical journal Lancet. In contrast, the overall rate of myopia in the UK is about 20-30 percent. If you walk the streets of China today, you’ll quickly notice that most young people wear glasses. In Shanghai, for instance, 86 percent of high school students suffer from myopia, or nearsightedness, according to Xinhua News Agency.

The growing prevalence of myopia is not only a Chinese problem, but it is an especially East Asian one. According to a study published in The Lancet medical journal in 2012, by Ian Morgan, of the Australian National University, South Korea leads the pack, with 96 percent of young adults (below the age 20) having myopia; and the rate for Seoul is even higher. In Singapore, the figure is 82 percent. To say that Asia is having an eye problem is an understatement.

Several factors are associated with the high rate of nearsightedness in China's children and teenagers, including lack of outdoor physical activity, lack of adequate sleep due to heavy work and excessive use of electronics products. And some biologists compared Singaporeans living in Singapore to those living in Australia. They found that 29 percent of the Singaporean students had myopia compared with just 3 percent in Sydney. The main correlation was once again, time spent outside.

“The big difference was the Chinese children in Australia were outdoors a lot more than their matched peers in Singapore,” says Ian Morgan, a retired biologist at Australian National University, who coauthored the 2008 study. “This was the only thing that fit with the huge difference in prevalence.”

1. From paragraph 2, according to the survey we can know that ____________.

A．the rate of myopia in Shanghai is the highest

B．the rate of myopia in the UK is higher than that in China

C．the rate of junior middle school students who suffer from myopia is the highest

D．the rate of senior middle school students who suffer from myopia is the highest

2. Which of the following is not the reason associated with the high rate of myopia in China?

A．Time of reading books.	B．Lack of adequate sleep.
C．Lack of outdoor physical activity.	D．Excessive use of electronics products.

3. The author writes the passage to __________.

A．introduce some methods to protect our eyes

B．tell us why so many people have an eye problem

C．compare the myopia figures of different countries

D．call on everyone to pay attention to the myopia among the young people

4. Where is the passage most probably from?

A．A literary essay.	B．A historical novel.
C．A science report.	D．A travel magazine.

3 . How to Automate New Habits So That You’ll Keep to Them

Anyone who’s tried to add something new to their routine knows one thing: Building new habits isn’t easy.    1    

The good news: There’s a solution, and it’s called automation.    2    For example: If you want to save more but it seems difficult to achieve, try transferring five dollars to your savings account each time you buy lunch during the week. If you want to do more sports but aren’t motivated to go to the gym every day, try doing 5 pushups after each time you use the restroom.

That sounds easy.    3    “Automation works well in developing new behavior patterns     because it involves the use of positive reinforcement(强化), which is one of the most powerful tools for behavior change,” Kahina Louis, a psychologist, tells Shine.

“As you’re engaging in gradual steps toward your goals, you may quickly start to experience feelings of accomplishment and pride that you’re making the changes you wanted to make,” she says. “Those positive feelings are forms of reinforcement, and you are more likely to continue doing things that reinforce you.”

Along with its positive reinforcement, automation emphasizes the impact of small changes in making a big difference. Though we all love the major successes, the small changes along the way are what get us there in the first step.    4     “As you show yourself each small change you’ve made, you’re giving yourself the message that you are capable of accomplishment,” Louis says. “That feeling and self-belief are extremely helpful to have as you continue toward creating new behavior change.”

    5       Take a look at what things you keep doing throughout the day or course of the week   to decide when to add new automation. Louis says, “For example: If you know that you’re always extremely tired after work, then you might consider picking an auto habit that occurs in   your morning routine rather than in the evening.”

Louis also explains that although you should pick a behavior that occurs frequently enough to maximize the opportunities to build towards your goal, try not to choose an already existing behavior that occurs too often-like checking your phone or drinking of water. “You might not even realize you’re doing it, and may then miss a lot of chances to perform the new habit,” she says.

A．Find your auto habits.

B．It takes time and insistence.

C．But it turns out to be efficient while trying.

D．Consider auto habits that occur at times or places.

E．It’s the small steps that fuel your motivation and self-belief.

F．It is when you add what you’d like to be your new habit onto an existing habit.

G．Building a new habit requires strong mind to help the process go along smoothly.