1 . My daughter was being thrown out of the sixth grade. The teacher said, “She may not be up to what we’re trying to accomplish.” He was really saying she didn’t have the intelligence. I got mad because I knew she was smart, just as my father had known I was smart when I was failing in school. We had her tested. I decided to get myself tested as well, and found that the troubles she was having were exactly what I had had — dyslexia. By then I was a successful television writer, and had won an Emmy Award for “The Rockford Files.”

If I had known earlier that something beyond my control could explain why I was a low achiever, I may not have worked so hard in my late 20s and early 30s. I was writing and writing. I was working for no other reason than to hear people praise me, because I did badly in all my courses.

I once asked a friend who had always gotten an A, “How long did you study for this?” He said, “I didn’t. I just glanced at it.” So he must be smarter. I began to ask, “What will happen to me when I’m not good at anything?” Despite my doubts, I did become successful, and people now say to me, “So you’ve overcome dyslexia.”

No. You don’t overcome it, you learn to compensate for it. Some easy things are very hard for me. Most people who go through college read twice as fast as I do. I avoid dialing a phone if I can, because I sometimes have to try three times to get the number right.

Despite my weaknesses I view dyslexia as a gift, not a curse (诅咒). Many dyslexics are good at right-brain, abstract thought, and that’s what my kind of creative writing is. And I can write quickly, and can get up to 15 pages a day. Writing is my strength.

The real fear I have for dyslexic children is not they have to struggle in school, but that they will quit on themselves before they get out of school. Parents have to create victories for them, whether it’s music, sports or art. You can make your dyslexic child able to say, “Yeah, reading is hard. But I have other things I can do.”

1. The writer decided to get himself tested as well because he________.

A．wanted to know if they had the same problem

B．didn’t believe his daughter had the problem

C．had to take a regular medical examination

D．accepted that his daughter was not smart

2. We can learn from the second paragraph that the writer________.

A．struggled and got better grades

B．didn’t work hard when he was young

C．was praised for overcoming dyslexia

D．was thankful not knowing of dyslexia earlier

3. According to the passage, a dyslexic person________.

A．is less intelligent	B．always fails in school
C．reads more slowly than normal people	D．performs worse in left-brain activities

4. What can we learn from the story?

A．Clumsy birds have to start flying early.	B．God shuts one door but opens another.
C．Never judge a person by his appearance.	D．No one can make a good coat with bad cloth.

2 . The first patient who died on my watch was an older man with a faulty heart. We tried to slow it down with treatment, but it suddenly stopped beating completely. Later, whenever I would have a case like that one, I found myself second-guessing my clinical management. However, it turns out that thinking twice may actually cause more harm than good.

In a working paper, Emory University researchers found that when doctors delivering a baby have a bad result, they are more likely to switch to a different delivery method with the next patient, often unnecessarily and sometimes with worse results.

Because doctors make so many decisions that have serious consequences, the fallout from second-guessing appears especially large for us. A 2006 study found that if a patient had a bleed after being prescribed (开药) warfarin, the physician was about 20% less likely to prescribe later patients the blood thinner that prevents strokes (中风). However, if a patient was not on warfarin and had a stroke physicians were still no more likely to prescribe warfarin to their other patients.

These findings highlight interesting behavioral patterns in doctors. In the blood-thinner study, doctors were more affected by the act of doing harm (prescribing a blood thinner that ended up hurting doctors were more affected by the act of doing harm(prescribing a blood thinner that ended up hurting a patient) and less affected by letting harm happen (not prescribing a blood thinner and the patient having a stroke). Yet a stroke is often more permanent and damaging than a bleed.

But this phenomenon is not unique to medicine. ''Overreaction to Fearsome Risks'' holds true for broader society.

For instance, sensational headlines about shark attacks on humans in Florida in 2001 caused a panic and led the state to prohibit shark-feeding expeditions. Yet shark attacks had actually fallen that year and, according to the study, such a change was probably unnecessary given the extremely small risk of such an attack happening.

Humans are likely to be influenced by emotional and often irrational (不理性的) thinking when processing information, bad events and mistakes. As much as we don't want to cause an unfortunate event to happen again, we need to be aware that a worst situation that can be imagined doesn't necessarily mean we did anything wrong. When we overthink, we fail to rely on thinking based on what we know or have experienced. Instead, we may involuntarily overanalyze and come to the wrong conclusion.

I have treated dozens of patients who presented with the same illnesses as my first patient, who died more than a year ago. Instead of second-guessing myself, I trusted my clinical instinct (本能) and stayed the course. Every one of those patients survived. You should trust your instinct in your life, too.

1. The first two paragraphs suggest that________.

A．bad medical outcomes affect doctors

B．delivering babies can be difficult work

C．some doctors are not very experienced

D．doctors sometimes make silly mistakes

2. In the blood-thinner study, doctors________.

A．tend to prescribe less effective medicine

B．are more concerned about the patients' safety

C．become less confident in writing a prescription

D．believe a stroke is more treatable than a bleeding

3. What does the underlined word ''fallout'' in Paragraph 3 probably mean?

A．Result

B．Benefit

C．Difference

D．Absence

4. The author will probably agree that________.

A．we should not doubt our own decisions

B．our experience will pave way for our future

C．humans are emotional and irrational on the whole

D．instincts don't necessarily lead to wrong directions

3 . Growing up, Deka Ismail says she let labels define what she could be. “I was a black girl, from a refugee (难民) family,” Deka said. “It was as if I was only allowed to explore in this predetermined box.”

After a high school chemistry class inspired her to think about a career in science and gave her confidence in the field, Deka learned to live outside labels and began making big plans for her future. Now she is about to begin her freshman year at the University of California, planning to become a professor.

Born and raised in San Diego's City Heights neighbourhood, Deka is the daughter of a Somali refugee couple. While some might say Deka's success happened in spite of her background, she would say differently, that her experiences shaped her and inspired her to be the driven, young scientist that she is today.

When Deka was eight years old, her mother got a job by studying hard back in school in order to support the whole family. That made Deka realize that education could make a difference to one's life. She spent a lot of time in the library reading books, and didn't do many of the things her peers did, like partying or having romantic relationships.

“I always felt like I had to be the perfect girl for my family,” Deka said. “You have to not even do your best but two times better than everyone else. I felt like the whole world was waiting for me to mess up.”

Deka's efforts paid off. The summer before her senior year of high school, she was accepted to the American Chemical Society Project SEED Programme. “She brought both enthusiasm and focus,” Botham, a researcher at this research institute, recalled. “She arrived every day ready to work, ready to learn and ready to tackle new challenges regardless of whether or not she had done anything similar.”

When asked what advice she would give to others like her, Deka warned them not to underestimate themselves. “Don't tell yourself that scholarship is too big or this programme is too competitive or I'll never get into this school, ” she said. “I was not sure whether I could make it until I started seeing the acceptance letters rolling in.”

1. From the passage, we can learn that__ .

A．Deka was adopted by a refugee family

B．Deka spent a lot of time going to parties

C．Deka's experiences drove her to work hard

D．Deka became a professor after graduation

2. Deka realized the importance of education ______.

A．after her chemistry class	B．from her mother's experience
C．by reading books in the library	D．through working at the institute

3. According to the last paragraph, Deka advised that students be ______.

A．patient	B．generous
C．adaptable	D．confident

4. What does the story intend to tell us?

A．Hard work leads to success.	B．Practice makes perfect.
C．Well begun is half done.	D．Life is not all roses.

4 . 阅读下列短文，根据短文内容填空。在未给提示词的空白处仅填写1个适当的单词，在给出提示词的空白处用括号内所给词的正确形式填空。

I honestly believe there’s a danger that the more connected we are, the more isolated we feel. I don’t think this is such an issue for my generation who’ve lived     1     technology for so long. We know how to be alone and, more importantly, we know that it’s OK to be alone.     2     the under 20s are another kettle of fish. They’re so busy that they never experience the feeling of solitude and run the risk of not learning how to enjoy their own company. In addition, they’re learning conversation through messages that can     3     (edit) and changed at the expense of learning the art of real conversation in real time with the person in front of you .

5 . 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

6 . The first patient who died on my watch was an older man with a faulty heart — the main pump had failed and his heart was beating irregularly and far too fast. We tried to slow it down with treatment, but it suddenly stopped beating completely. Later, whenever I would have a case like that one, I found myself second-guessing my clinical management. However, it turns out that thinking twice may actually cause more harm than good.

In a working paper, Emory University researchers found that when doctors delivering a baby have an adverse outcome, they are more likely to switch to a different delivery method with the next patient, often unnecessarily and sometimes with worse results.

Because doctors make so many decisions that have serious consequences, the fallout from second-guessing looms especially large for us. A 2006 study found that if a patient had a bleed after being prescribed warfarin, the physician was about 20% less likely to prescribe subsequent patients the blood thinner that prevents strokes. However, if a patient had a stroke and was not on warfarin, physicians were still no more likely to prescribe warfarin to their other patients.

These findings highlight interesting behavioral patterns in doctors. In the blood-thinner study, doctors were more affected by the act of doing harm (prescribing a blood thinner that ended up hurting a patient) and less affected by letting harm happen (not prescribing a blood thinner and the patient having a stroke). Yet a stroke is often more permanent and damaging than a bleed.

But this phenomenon is not unique to medicine. “Overreaction to Fearsome Risks” holds true for broader society.

For instance, sensational headlines about shark attacks on humans in Florida in 2001 caused a panic and led the state to prohibit shark feeding expeditions. Yet shark attacks had actually fallen that year and, according to the study, such a change was probably unnecessary given the extremely small risk of such an attack happening.

Humans are susceptible to emotional and often irrational thinking when processing information, adverse events and mistakes. As much as we don’t want to cause an unfortunate event to recur — in a medical setting or in the wider world — we need to be aware that a worst case scenario doesn’t necessarily mean we did anything wrong. When we overthink, we fail to rely on thinking based on what we know or have experienced. Instead, we may inadvertently overanalyze and come to the wrong conclusion.

I have treated dozens of patients who presented with the same illnesses as my first patient, who died more than a year ago. Instead of second guessing myself, I trusted my clinical instinct and stayed the course. Every one of those patients survived. You should trust your instinct in your life, too.

1. The first two paragraphs suggest that ______

A．Bad medical outcomes affect doctors.

B．Delivering babies can be difficult work.

C．Some doctors are not very experienced.

D．Doctors sometimes make silly mistakes.

2. In the blood-thinner study, doctors ______.

A．tend to prescribe less effective medicine

B．are more concerned about the patients’ safety

C．believe a stroke is more treatable than a bleeding

D．become less confident in writing certain prescriptions

3. The author develops his idea mainly by ______.

A．giving examples	B．making comparisons
C．using metaphors	D．quoting famous sayings

4. The author will probably agree that ______.

A．we shouldn’t doubt our own decisions

B．our experience will pave way for our future

C．humans are emotional and irrational on the whole

D．instincts don’t necessarily lead to wrong directions

7 . 阅读下列短文，根据短文内容填空。在未给提示词的空白处仅填写1个适当的单词，在给出提示词的空白处用括号内所给词的正确形式填空。

Everything happens for a reason. Nothing happens by chance or by means of good luck. Injury,     1     (ill), love, and lost moments of true greatness all occur to test the limits of your soul.     2     these small tests, life would be like a straight flat road to nowhere. It would be safe and comfortable,     3     dull and completely pointless. The success and downfall you experience helps to create who you are and decide     4     you go.

8 . You are given many opportunities in life to choose to be a victim or creator. When you choose to be a victim, the world is a cold and difficult place.     1    “They” are wrong and bad, and life is terrible as long as “they” are around. Or you may blame yourself for all your problems, thus internalizing(内化)your victimization. The truth is, your life is likely to stay that way as long as you feel a need to blame yourself or others.

    2    They know there are individuals who might like to control their lives, but they don’t let this get in the way. They know they have their weaknesses, yet they don’t blame themselves when they fail.    3           They believe their dance with each sacred (神圣的) moment of life is a gift and that storms are a natural part of life which can bring the rain needed for emotional and spiritual growth.

Victims and creators live in the same physical world and deal with many of the same physical realities, yet their experience of life is worlds apart. Victims relish (沉溺) in anger, guilt, and other emotions that cause others—and even themselves—to feel like victims, too. Creators consciously choose love, inspiration, and other qualities which inspire not only themselves, but all around them.     4    

In reality, all of us play the victim or the creator at various points in our lives. One person, on losing a job or a special relationship, may feel as if it is the end of the world and sink into terrible suffering for months, years, or even a lifetime.    5    He may choose to first experience the grief, then accept the loss and soon move on to be a powerful creative force in his life.

In every moment and every circumstance, you can choose to have fuller, richer life by setting a clear intention to transform the victim within, and by inviting into your life the powerful creator that you are.

A．Whatever happens, they have choice in the matter.

B．Compared with victims, creators are more emotional.

C．One’s experiences determine his attitude toward life.

D．Those who choose to be creators look at life quite differently.

E．Another with the same experience may choose to be a creator.

F．“They” did things to you which caused all of your pain and suffering.

G．Both victims and creators always have choice to determine the direction of their lives.

9 . My Boxing Experience

This year I joined boxing class. My friend Lea and I were the only ________ in the class.        We got to throw our first punches (拳击) and learned how we should stand. I still didn’t know how to do it well, but I felt that choosing the boxing class was the right decision. Mr. Vernon, our boxing teacher, made us work hard and sweat. The boxing pads (拳击护具) were my favorite, but my punches weren’t ________ enough.

After participating in more practices, we had learned how to punch in six different ways. The boys were improving a lot on their strength, and Lea with her speed, and me? Well, I had a hard time seeing the ________. Mr. Vernon would always tell me that practice would make me stronger, and this is what helped motivate me to ________.

Each practice there was at least one boy who would ________ me and say, “Oh you’re too short to box. Mr. Vernon has to ________ down when you are on the boxing pads; oh you’re not strong enough; you punch like a mouse.”

I know those comments were not to ________ me, but just to have fun. It’s true, I’m a small and short person and I did lack confidence; but hearing those comments can either bring you ________, or make you feel motivated to show them they are ________. In my case, they started to discourage me. I didn’t have the strength to think they were wrong, and a part of me thought that they were speaking the ________. I hid it inside my heart because I thought that showing that I was ________ myself would make it worse.

I remember one particular practice where I was mad and angry, and my punches suddenly felt stronger and faster. I was ________, yet I had a feeling in me that it was there all along. I just didn’t have that ________ in me. After practice, Mr. Vernon pointed out that I was getting stronger and better, which really made me feel more ________ and showed me that what the others were saying about me was wrong. I had ________ found the strength I needed. The following practices, Mr. Vernon was impressed with my hooks and uppercuts, because they were getting ________.

This experience taught me that boxing requires a lot of work and effort, but it also taught me not to feel ________ about what people say. If you focus on your strong points and improve on your ________ ones, there is no reason for you to feel disappointed. Boxing taught me how to fight, and defend myself physically and mentally, and show that short girls can do anything if they have the ________ to prove people wrong. Being short doesn’t ________ me and definitely does not limit me from doing things that tall or stronger people can do.

1.

A．girls

B．boys

C．teenagers

D．adults

2.

A．large

B．strong

C．accurate

D．quick

3.

A．difference

B．grade

C．point

D．judgement

4.

A．relax

B．change

C．return

D．continue

5.

A．wave goodbye to

B．take advantage of

C．pay attention to

D．make fun of

6.

A．look

B．sit

C．bend

D．turn

7.

A．teach

B．hurt

C．amuse

D．warn

8.

A．down

B．back

C．along

D．in

9.

A．rude

B．wrong

C．funny

D．simple

10.

A．result

B．word

C．truth

D．reason

11.

A．fooling

B．doubting

C．convincing

D．criticizing

12.

A．surprised

B．worried

C．moved

D．disappointed

13.

A．relief

B．fear

C．anger

D．interest

14.

A．regretful

B．comfortable

C．embarrassed

D．confident

15.

A．eagerly

B．finally

C．gradually

D．gratefully

16.

A．normal

B．reliable

C．harmful

D．powerful

17.

A．discouraged

B．ashamed

C．annoyed

D．confused

18.

A．small

B．old

C．weak

D．shining

19.

A．experience

B．curiosity

C．attention

D．motivation

20.

A．want

B．help

C．define

D．forgive

10 . The Deep Roots

When I was growing up, I had an old neighbor named Dr. Gibbs.   He didn’t look like any_____ I’d ever known. Every time I saw him, he wore ______ and a straw hat. I remember him as someone who was a lot ______ than most of the adults in our community.

When Dr. Gibbs wasn’t ______ lives, he was planting trees. His house sat on ten acres, and his life’s goal was to make it a ______.

The good doctor had some ______ theories concerning plant care and growth. He _____watered his new trees, which flew in the face of conventional ______. Once I asked why. He said that watering plants spoiled (宠坏) them so that each ______ would grow weaker and weaker. So you have to make things ______ for them and weed out the weaker trees early on. He talked about how watering trees made for ______ roots, and how trees that weren’t watered had to grow deep roots in ______ of water. I took him to mean that deep roots were to be treasured.

He planted an oak and, instead of watering it every morning, he ______ it with a rolled-up newspaper. Smack! Slap! Pow! I asked him why he did that, and he said it was to get the tree’s ______.

Dr. Gibbs passed away a couple of years after I left home. Every now and again, I walked by his house and looked at the trees that I’d ______ him plant some twenty-five years ago. They’re extremely tall, big and strong since they have deep roots now. However, the trees in my garden swung in a cold wind although I had ______ them for several years.

It seems that ______ benefit these trees in ways comfort and ease never could. I stood there deep in thought. Every night before I go to bed, I check on my two sons. I stand over them and watch their little bodies, the ______ and falling of life within. I often pray for them. Mostly I pray that their lives will be ______. But I think that it’s time to ______ my prayer because now I know my children are going to encounter hardship.

1.

A．gardener

B．farmer

C．doctor

D．professor

2.

A．uniform

B．overcoat

C．suit

D．dress

3.

A．nicer

B．tender

C．richer

D．stronger

4.

A．encouraging

B．discovering

C．saving

D．protecting

5.

A．landmark

B．castle

C．yard

D．forest

6.

A．interesting

B．embarrassing

C．puzzling

D．expecting

7.

A．usually

B．never

C．sometimes

D．always

8.

A．labour

B．dignity

C．habit

D．wisdom

9.

A．generation

B．structure

C．resource

D．pressure

10.

A．sensitive

B．particular

C．rough

D．positive

11.

A．shallow

B．intensive

C．muddy

D．flexible

12.

A．search

B．charge

C．case

D．control

13.

A．cover

B．beat

C．push

D．clean

14.

A．permission

B．admiration

C．expectation

D．attention

15.

A．heard

B．helped

C．made

D．watched

16.

A．planted

B．watered

C．burdened

D．firmed

17.

A．surroundings

B．sufferings

C．suggestions

D．opportunities

18.

A．marking

B．sharing

C．sailing

D．rising

19.

A．brave

B．successful

C．easy

D．confident

20.

A．observe

B．reveal

C．change

D．mind