2 . Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.

A. addicted        B. pleasing        C. limited     D. baggage     E. conscious     F. quotation G. operating   H. imposed     I. strings     J. informative     K. sinking

Who’s in control of your life? Who is pulling your     1    ? For the majority of us, it’s other people—society, colleagues, friends, family or our religious community. We learned this way of     2     when we were very young, of course. We were brainwashed. We discovered that feeling important and feeling accepted was a nice experience and so we learned to do everything we could to make other people like us. As Oscar Wilde puts it. “Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else’s opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a(n)    3    .”

So when people tell us how wonderful we are, it makes us feel good. We long for this good feeling like a drug—we are     4     to it and seek it out wherever we can. Therefore, we are so eager for the approval of others that we live unhappy and     5     lives, failing to do the things we really want to do. Just as drug addicts and alcoholics live worsened lives to keep getting their fix, we worsen our own existence to get our own constant fix of approval.

But just as with any drug there is a price to pay. The price of the approval drug is freedom—the freedom to be ourselves. The truth is that we cannot control what other people think. People have their own agenda, and they come with their own     6     and, in the end, they’re more interested in themselves than in you. Furthermore, if we try to live by the opinions of others, we will be building our life on     7     sand. Everyone has a different way of thinking, and people change their opinions all the time. The person who tries to please everyone will only end up getting exhausted and probably     8     no one in the process.

So how can we take back control? I think there’s only one way—make a(n)    9     decision to stop caring what other people think. We should guide ourselves by means of a set of values—not values     10     from the outside by others, but innate values which come from within. If we are driven by these values and not by the changing opinions and value systems of others, we will live a more authentic, effective, purposeful and happy life.

4 . I am very ________to see her _____face.

A．pleasing; smiling

B．pleased; smiling

C．pleased; smiled

D．pleasing; smiled

5 . Xiamen enjoys a ___________ (please) climate, which is mild all year round. (所给词的适当形式填空)

8 . 词性转换
1. peace n.和平；太平→____________________adj.平静的；和平的
2. perfect adj.完备的；完美的→____________________adv.完全地；非常
3. perform v.表演；演出→____________________n.表演；演出→____________________n.表演者；演员
4. permit v.许可；允许→____________________n.许可；允许
5. person n.人→____________________adj.个人的；私人的→____________________n.个性；性格；人品
6. physics n.物理学→____________________adj.物理学的；身体的；物质的→____________________n.物理学家
7. please v.使高兴；使满意→____________________adj.令人高兴的→____________________n.愉快；快乐；乐事
8. poison n.毒药；毒物→____________________adj.引起中毒的；有毒的
9. pollute v.污染→____________________n.污染
10. possess v.拥有；具有→____________________n.拥有；持有

9 . We are very________to meet you here again.

A．pleasant

B．pleased

C．pleasing

D．pleasure

10 . 词性转换
1. please vt. & vi. （使）高兴；（使）满意→________________adj. 令人愉快的；友好的→________________adj. 高兴的；满意的→________________adj. 令人愉快的→________________n. 快乐；乐趣
2. mass n. 团；堆；许多；大量→________________adj. 巨大的；非常严重的
3. breath n. 呼吸的空气→________________adj. 气喘吁吁的→________________vt. & vi. 呼吸
4. freeze vi. & vt. (froze，frozen) 结冰；（使）冻住→________________adj. 极冷的；冰冻的→________________adj. 结冰的；冻僵的；冷冻的
5. frost n. 霜；严寒天气；霜冻vt. 使蒙上霜 vi. 结霜→________________adj. 结霜的；霜冻的
6. astonish vt. 使十分惊讶；使吃惊→________________adj. 惊人的；令人惊讶的→________________adj. 感到惊讶的→________________n. 惊讶
7. mist n. 薄雾；水汽→________________adj. 多雾的；模糊的
8. advertise vi. & vt. （为……）做广告/宣传；征聘→________________n. (informal ad) 广告；启事→________________n. 广告商
9. photograph n. 照片 vt.（为……）拍照 vi. 上相，上镜→________________n. 摄影师；拍照者→________________n. 摄影；摄影术