Many children think mobile phones are cool. They come in fun colors and let you talk with friends anytime and anywhere.

  In the U.S., more than 90 million people use mobile phones. Many of these people are children. For children, mobile phones are more than phone calls. They are fashionable.

  Most mobile phone users don’t think about the health problems caused(引起) by mobile phones. Some scientists say that mobile phones give off radiation(辐射) that might be bad for the users. One newest study shows that mobile phone radiation might raise(增加) a person’s chance of getting some kinds of cancer(癌症). Other scientists say mobile phones don’t’ threaten people’s health. They say that they have not found any link(联系) between phone use and cancer.

  Scientists say that people can protect (保护) themselves from mobile phone radiation. One way is to use a headset(耳机). Or people can make shorter call.

1.Many children like mobile phones because they think mobile phones are _________.

A. cool                                B. small                  C. cheap                            D. their toys

2.Many of the mobile phone users in the U.S. are ___________.

A. girls                              B. boys                                  C. scientists                        D. children

3.Some scientists think mobile phones aren’t _________ for users health. They causes some kinds of cancer

A. bad                                 B. good                                 C. wrong                     D. helpful

4.The underlined word “threaten” in the passage means ____________.

A. 威胁.                    B. 担心                                 C. 治疗                                 D. 证实

5.What should people do to protect themselves from mobile phone radiation?

A. Make longer calls        B. Use a headset                 C. Make shorter calls        D. Both B and C

 

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

 

Is it important to have breakfast every day? A short time ago, a test was given in the United States.People of different ages, from 12 to 83, were asked to have a test.During the test, these people were given all kinds of breakfast, and sometimes they got no breakfast at all.Scientists wanted to see how well their bodies worked after eating different kinds of breakfast.

The results show that if a person eats a right breakfast, he or she will work better than if he or she has no breakfast.If a student has fruit, eggs, bread and milk before going to school, he or she will learn more quickly and listen more carefully in class.Some people think it will help you lose weight if you have no breakfast.But the result is opposite to what they think.This is because people become so hungry at noon that they eat too much for lunch.They will gain weight (增加体重) instead of losing it.

1.What were the people given during the test?

A.No breakfast at all.                      B.Very rich breakfast.

C.Little food for breakfast.                  D.Different foods or sometimes none.

2.What do the results show?

A.They show that breakfast has affected on work and studies.

B.The results show that breakfast has little to do with a person’s work.

C.The results show that a person will work better if he only has fruit and milk.

D.They show that girl students should have less for breakfast.

3.According to the passage, what will happen to you if you don’t have any breakfast?

A.To be healthier.                         B.To work better.

C.To gain weight.                         D.To fail the test.

 

What’s the most important thing for you to have in your life? Somebody mentions hard-work, others suggest knowledge, love and luck.

If you arrange the 26 English letters alphabetically(按字母表的顺序) and use numbers to represent each of them, for example, 1 for a, 2 for b, 3 for c…, you can change an English word into a number. So hard-work becomes 8+1+18+4+23+15+18+11="98," meaning 98 is its mark; knowledge: 11+14+15+23 +12+5+4+7+5="96," while love: 12+15+22+5="54," and luck: 12+21+3+11="47," a small mark. None of these words can give one a full mark. What about money or prayer(祈祷)? They can’t, either.

Then what else? Don’t be worried. You can always find an answer to a problem in your life, when you change your way of looking at things or doing things, or your attitude(态度).Yes, attitude is the word. See for yourself: attitude:1+20+20+9+20+21+4+5=100,a full mark.

Different attitudes lead to different courses of life. Most times people hope for a better life. It is possible that one will have a change for the better after one has changed one’s attitude.

When you change your manner and became friendly towards others, you’ll meet more smiling faces towards you. In the same way, if you take a positive (积极地) attitude towards failure(失败), you’ll find it’s also rewarding though it has caused you losses.

1.In the writer’s opinion, what is the most important thing in a person’s life?

A.Hard-work.

B.Knowledge.

C.Money.

D.Attitude.

2.According to the passage, if you meet with problems, the best way out is to _______.

A.ask for help from others

B.say your prayers to God

C.change your attitude

D.try maths-solving methods (方法)

3.From the passage we can learn that ______.

A.different attitudes come from different courses of life

B.mathematics can solve every problem easily in our daily life

C.failure sometimes can bring you good if you take a positive attitude

D.none of the English words except “attitude” equals to 100 or more

 

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