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When I opened the box at my 12th birthday party, I couldn't believe my eyes. I really got a cell phone! As soon as I got to my school the next morning I showed off my phone and asked everyone for their number. I wouldn't listen to the teachers because I was too busy on my phone.

A week later we took a test and I got Grade d for the first time. To make matters worse, my mom had to sign the test. It was hard to show my mom the paper. She never saw “D”on my tests .Well, finally, I showed her and she couldn't believe it. She was angry but most of all, she was disappointed(失望).

Weeks passed and my parents started to dislike the fact that I had a phone. They would say, "We have noticed that you never talk to us. It's like you have your own little world now and your phone is more important than anything else. First I thought hey were wrong, but then I got to know that I was spending too much time on the phone.

A week later I tried going a whole day without a cell phone and it didn’t go that badly I had so much fun because I was actually spending time with my family and caring about them. From that day,I had a different idea towards cell phones.

Phones really take you away from the rest of the world. I'm not saying that phones are bad and not to use them but you do have to spend some time with your family and not play with your phone all day, My phone took away time from my homework and from my family. That,s why I didn't do well in the test.

So, I will keep using my phone, but I will have it under better control(控制).

1.Was the cell phone the writer's birthday gift?

2.How did the writer's mother feel when she saw the test paper?

3.Why did the writer have fun for a whole day without the phone?

4.What does the writer want to tell us?

B. Choose the words or expressions and complete the passage (选择正确答案)

A few years ago, my two-year-old son pointing at a dozen of “stood” color marker-pens, cheered excitedly, “Mummy, look! I did it.” With the encouragement of such a ____, he quickly collected another handful of long and thin ball-pens, trying to do the same-making them stand up on the table. Little by little, his face _______— red and finally he cried out, “Mummy, help!”

____ all the ball-pens in his hand had either sharp or round ends, I said casually, “Mummy can’t help you on this.” But immediately he cried loudly and fell to the floor. A moment later, he ran back to the table, and_________ trying to keep the ball-pens standing up.

Without knowing why the ball-pens can; t stand up, my son had accepted the impossibility after many times of ______tries. He put aside all the ball-pens, and kept only those marker-pens for this standing up “game”. This time he succeeded in this way. Clearly, he already learned to let go of this useless try.

Being persistent is not easy. But sometimes, it is even harder to let go. In our daily life, perhaps many headaches can be____ if we know how to realize those unlikely achievable goals, and then decisively let go of them immediately.

1.A.reply B.present C.photo D.success

2.A.turned B.guided C.held D.lifted

3.A.Knowing B.Noticing C.Believing D.Understanding

4.A.stopped B.continued C.enjoyed D.finished

5.A.failed B.passed C.wanted D.died

6.A.connected B.stopped C.started D.avoided

Do you know there is a connection between music and language? You may not believe it. But recent studies give us the answer: Music can improve certain language abilities in the brain. Now, let's look at two examples.

Recently, researcher Kris has done a research which shows that playing a musical instrument can improve a person's hearing ability. In his study, he divided the people into two groups. The people in the first group were musicians, while those in the other group had no musical training. He asked these people to listen to a person talking in a noisy room. As a result, the musicians were able to hear the talking person more clearly.

You may wonder why. The answer is that musicians can hear better because they learn to pay attention to certain sounds. Think about violinists. When they play with the group, they hear their own instrument and many others’ too. But they must listen closely to what they are playing, and pay no attention to the other sounds. In this way, musicians are able to focus on certain sounds, even in a room with lots of nose.

A doctor at Harvard Medical School works with stroke(中风)patients. These people cannot say their name, addresses or other information normally because of their illness. However, they can still sing. He was surprised to find that singing words helped his patients to speak. Why does this work? The doctor isn’t sure. Music seems to make different parts of the brain work, including the damaged(损坏的)parts. This might help patients to use that part of the brain again.

Music can improve concentration(注意力), memory, listening skills and overall language abilities. It can even help sick people get better. Playing an instrument or singing can help us do better in school and keep our brain sharp as we get older. Music is not only enjoyable but also good for us in many other ways.

1.Musicians can hear better in a noisy room because they_________

A.can focus on certain sounds B.are cleverer than normal people

C.are trained to hear noises D.have a gift in this

2.The underlined word "sharp" probably means “_________"in the last paragraph.

A.quick to react B.having a thin edge

C.strong or forceful D.sudden and rapid

3.What is the passage mainly about'?

A.Music can improve our hearing abilities. B.The relationship between music and language.

C.Music can keep our brain clear. D.Singing words can help sick people.

Laura has an aunt who works in London. She loves Laura so much that she invites Laura to London every summer.

Last year Laura was happy to go to London and saw some famous places in London, including the British museum, National Gallery (画廊) and other great buildings. How beautiful! She fell in love with them, but one thing made her unhappy. It’s her first time to go to a big square, but when she passed the square alone, a thief stole her wallet in her pocket. She had to walk to his aunt’s house angrily.

This year Laura’s aunt invited her to London again, one day, when she passed the same square with her aunt, she was more careful not to be stolen. She saw a man go close to her and put his hand in her pocket with a smile. Then he took out his hand quickly and left. She became very angry and shouted, “Stop it, or I will call the police!” To her surprise, she found her aunt and all the other people there laughing with the word “Congratulations!” In fact, the man was not a thief. Instead, he put ten pounds in her pocket. It was an interesting game. The organizers wanted to correct the bad impression (印象) of the square, so they hired (雇佣) some “thieves” to do that game.

1.Who invited Laura to London every summer?

_______________________________________________________

2.How did the first visit to the square make Laura feel?

_______________________________________________________

3.Was Laura’s wallet stolen this year

_______________________________________________________

4.Why did the organizers play the game with visitors?

_______________________________________________________

5.How many times has Laura been to London so far?

_______________________________________________________

Simon was a middle-aged leather businessman. He always failed in his career, which made him a depressed(沮丧的) man. So he often _____________ that he had been cheated by others. One day he told his wife he was so disappointed with the city that he had to leave.

So his family moved to another city. It was the ______________ of a weekend. When Simon and his wife were busily tidying up their new home, the light suddenly went out. They had to _________ work. Simon was regretful to have forgotten to bring along candles and had to wait ________ in a low mood. Just then he heard slight, hesitant(犹豫不决的)knock on his door that sounded _____________ in the quiet night.

“Who’s it?” he wondered, since Simon knew ________________ in this city. And this was the moment he especially hated to be disturbed, so he went to the door and opened it ______________. At the door was a little girl, shyly asking, “Sir, do you have candles? I’m your ______________. ” “No,” answered Simon quickly and shut the door in ______________. “What a nuisance (讨厌鬼)!” He complained over it with his wife. “No sooner had we settled down than somebody came to________ things.”

After a while, the door was knocked again. He opened it and found the same girl outside.________ this time she was holding two candles, saying, “I live upstairs. My grandma told me you might need candles. She sent me here to give you these.” Simon was very______________ by what he saw. When he became fully aware, he said, “Thank you and your grandmother. God bless you!”

At that moment he suddenly realized what caused his ________________ in life. It was his loneliness with other people. The person who had cheated him in life was actually nobody else but _____________, for his life had been darkened by his cold _____________.

1.A.hoped B.told C.complained D.advised

2.A.morning B.afternoon C.evening D.noon

3.A.change B.stop C.talk about D.think about

4.A.helplessly B.worthlessly C.fearlessly D.cheerlessly

5.A.noisy B.clear C.terrible D.strange

6.A.somebody B.nobody C.something D.nothing

7.A.surprisingly B.impatiently C.slowly D.willingly

8.A.friend B.relative C.student D.neighbor

9.A.fear B.danger C.anger D.silence

10.A.ask B.destroy C.buy D.borrow

11.A.But B.And C.So D.For

12.A.frightened B.pleased C.puzzled D.surprised

13.A.failure B.sadness C.complaint D.business

14.A.itself B.himself C.the girl D.the wife

15.A.opinion B.behavior C.mind D.look

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