Dear Linda,
I have been in England three months now, and it’s my first time to be here. I hope you don't think I've forgotten you. There have been so many places to see and so many things to do that I've not had much time for writing letters.
I shall soon be starting my studies at King's College. So far I've been learning about England and British ways of living. I won't tell you about London. There are plenty of books you can read and plenty of pictures you can look at. I'm sure you'll be more interested to know what I think about the life here.
I find some of the customs (风俗) new and interesting. People here do not shake hands as much as we do in Europe. During the first few weeks I was often surprised because people did not put out their hands when I met them. Men raise their hats to women but not to each other.
Yours
Alice
【小题1】The writer came to London from _________.
A.AsiaB.EuropeC.AmericaD.Africa
【小题2】The writer __________.
A.has never been to England before
B.came to England just now
C.came to England three months ago
D.will come to England in three months
【小题3】She has _________.
A.not written any letters
B.much time to write letters
C.no time to write letters
D.a little time to write letters
【小题4】She came to England to _________.
A.study
B.make a living
C.learn British ways of living
D.learn about life there
【小题5】Englishmen ___________.
A.do not often shake hands with friends when they meet
B.often shake hands with friends when they meet
C.raise their hats to all friends when they meet
D.do not raise their hats to friends when they meet

完形填空 先通读下面的短文,掌握其大意, 然后从下面四个答案中选择可以填入相应空白处的最佳答案。 (本大题共10分,每小题1分)
Once there was a king who told some of his people to dig a pond (池子).The king then told his people that one person   1   each family had to bring a glass of milk during the night and put it into the pond. So, by the morning, the pond should be   2  of milk.
After   3  the order, everyone went home. As one man prepared his milk, he thought that since everyone was bringing milk, he would just   4  a glass of water and put that into the pond instead.   5  it was dark at night, no one would notice it, so he quickly went and put the water into the pond and  6  home.
In the morning, the king went to visit the pond. To his surprise, the pond was only filled with water! What happened? Yes! Everyone had the same idea   7  that man. They all thought, “I don’t have to waste my milk. Someone else will do it.”
Dear friends, when you plan to help poor people or people in trouble, do not think that   8   will take care of it.   9 , it starts with you. If you don’t do it, no one else will, so change yourself and make a   10  .   

【小题1】
A.atB.fromC.onD.with
【小题2】
A.filledB.emptyC.crowdedD.full
【小题3】
A.givingB.refusingC.receivingD.offering
【小题4】
A.hideB.stealC.wasteD.drink
【小题5】
A.IfB.SinceC.While D.After
【小题6】
A.leftB.cameC.returnedD.arrived
【小题7】
A.withB.toC.asD.of
【小题8】
A.othersB.the othersC.noneD.neither
【小题9】
A.HoweverB.InsteadC.ThereforeD.Of course
【小题10】
A.faceB.mistakeC.livingD.difference

One summer vacation in my college, my roommate Ted asked to me to work on his father’s farm in Argentina. The idea was exciting. Then I had second thoughts. I had never been far from New England, and I had been homesick my first few weeks at college. What about the language? The more I thought about it, the more the idea worried me.

Finally, I turned down the invitation. Then I realized I had turned down something I wanted to do because I was scared and felt depressed(沮丧). That experience taught me a valuable lesson and I developed a rule for myself: do what makes you anxious(焦虑); don’t do what makes you depressed.

In my senior year, I wanted to be a writer. But my professor wanted me to teach. I hesitated. The idea of writing was much scarier than spending a summer in Argentina. Back and forth I went, making my decision, unmaking it. Suddenly I realized that every time I gave up the idea of writing, that downhearted feeling went through me.

Giving up writing really depressed me. Then I learned another lesson. To avoid the depression meant having to bear much worry and concern.

When I first began writing articles, I often interviewed big names. Before each interview I would get butterflies in the stomach. One of them was the great composer Duke Ellington. On the stage and on television, he seemed very confident. Then I learned Ellington still got stage fright(害怕). If Ellington still had anxiety attacks, how could I avoid them? I went on doing those frightening interviews. Little by little, I was even looking forward to the interviews. Where were those butterflies?

In truth, they were still there, but fewer of them. I had learned from a process psychologists(心理学家) call “extinction”. If you put an individual in an anxious situation often, finally there isn’t anything to be worried about, which brings me to a conclusion: you’ll never get rid of anxiety by avoiding the things that caused it.

The point is that the new, the different, is definitely scary. But each time you try something, you learn, and as the learning piles up, the world opens to you.

1.We can infer from the passage that the author________. 

A.finds it difficult to make decision

B.has found out what causes anxiety

C.was encouraged by Duke Ellington’s stage fright

D.no longer feels anxious about new experiences

2.What does the word “extinction” in Paragraph 6 means?

A.a person’s loss of confidence little by little

B.the natural development of a child’s abilities

C.the inborn ability to avoid anxious situations

D.the process of losing fear by keeping facing anxiety

3.Which of the following opinions does the writer probably accept?

A.Anxiety can be a positive drive

B.Hesitation leads to depression.

C.Avoiding anxiety reduces depression.

D.Depression is a signal that one is growing up.

4.What's the best title for the passage?

A.Confidence: Key to Success

B.Anxiety: Challenge by Another Name

C.Depression: A Psychological Appearance

D.Success: A Trip Through Anxiety and Depression

 

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