Salt Lake City is a beautiful city in the west of North America. If you go there, you'l1 see a monument(纪念碑)with seagulls on top of it. Here is the story about the seagulls.

Over one hundred years ago, a group of men, women and children traveled a long way from the east to the west. They crossed the mountains and arrived at thequiet place in the valley. They built their homes and made their farms near the big salt lake. They had to work very hard on their farms because their life depended on their crops.

One day while they were working in the fields, some farmers saw something strange in the sky.

"What's that?" asked one of them. "Where?" asked another. "Over there. " he answered.

They saw something like a cloud coming towards them. But it was too low in the sky. As they watched, it came nearer and nearer. Suddenly a shout went up:"Locusts(蝗虫)!Millions of them! "

The farmers were all frightened, because they knew what locusts could do. And they had never seen so many of them before.

In no time the locusts came down and started eating their crops一the wheat, the vegetables, even the grass and the leaves on the trees. The farmers tried everything to kill the locusts,but while they were killing them in one place, millions more arrived in another. What could they do?

Suddenly they heard a great noise. As they looked up into the sky, they saw another great cloud coming towards them. To their surprise, they saw not locusts, but seagulls this time. The farmer cried out, "They've come to eat what the locusts. have left! "

But to their joy,the seagulls had come to eat, not their corps, but the locusts. They had seen or smelt the locusts and had come to eat them. In a short while they ate up millions of them. The farmers' crops were saved.

The people were very thankful. They decided that frrnn then on no one should ever kill a seagull. They also built a monument to show their thanks to the seagulls.

1.Over one hundred years ago, .

A. there was no city near the salt lake B. people worked hard in the lake

C. there were no locusts near the lake D. people didn't like seagulls at all

2.The farmers were frightened because they knew .

A. the seagulls would not come B. the locusts might eat all their crops

C. they could not kill any locusts D. the locusts would kill some of them

3.The passage does not tell us .

A. where the locusts came from B. what the seagulls came to eat

C. when the group of people moved there D. why the farmers worked so hard

I was walking down the street the other day when I suddenly saw a small wallet lying on the ground. I picked it up and opened to see if I could find the owner's name. There was nothing inside it except some money and an old photo of a woman and a young girl about twelve years old. The girl looked like the woman's daughter. I put the photo back and took the wallet to the police station. There I gave it to a policeman. Before I left, the policeman took down my name and address so that the owner could write and thank me if they found it.

That evening I went for dinner with my aunt and uncle. They also asked a young woman, so there were four people at table. Her face seemed familiar(熟悉). I was quite sure that we had met before, but I could not remember where I had seen her. During the talking, the young woman said that she had lost her wallet that afternoon. At once I knew where I had seen her. She was just the young girl in the photo though she was now much older. She was very surprised, of course, when I was able to tell her what her wallet was like.

My uncle said that we should go to the police station at once to get the wallet. As that policeman handed it over, he said it was an interesting coincidence(巧合) ----I not only found the wallet, but also made friends with the person who had lost it.

1.The word "wallet" in the story means ______ in Chinese.

A.手袋 B.护照 C.书包 D.钱包

2.The policeman wrote down my name and address because _________.

A.he wanted to write a report to the newspaper.

B.he would let the owner of the wallet know who helped him.

C.he wanted the owner to give me some money for thanks.

D.he did so just that was his job.

3.The writer was quite sure that he had seen the woman before _______

A.in the photo. B.at his uncle's home

C.at the police station D.in the street

4._______ gave the wallet to the young woman at last.

A.The writer B.The policeman

C.His uncle D.Nobody

5.Which following is NOT true?

A.The policeman took down the writer's name and address.

B.Four people were at table that evening.

C.The writer found the name of the girl on the back of the old photo.

D.The writer found the wallet and its owner on the same day.

Answer the questions(根据短文内容回答下列问题)

Everyone has good days and bad days.

Sometimes, you may feel that you're on top of the world and all the questions on your maths test might seem easy. But sometimes you feel frightened or you lose things, and you cannot focus on your school work.

For more than 20 years, scientists have suggested that high self-esteem(自尊)is the key to success. They said that kids who feel good about themselves do better in school and have fewer emotional problems than kids who have a low opinion of themselves.

Now, new research shows that focusing just on building self-esteem may not be helpful. In some cases, having high self-esteem can bring bad results if it makes you less likeable(可爱的)or more upset when you fail at something.

"Forget about self-esteem," says Jennifer Crocker, a psychologist at the University of Michigan, US. "It's not the important thing. " Crockery's advice may sound a bit strange because it is good to feel good about oneself. Studies show that people with high self-esteem are less likely to be sad, anxious, shy, or lonely than those with low self-esteem.

But, after reviewing about 18,000 studies on self-esteem, Roy Baumeister, a psychologist at Florid a State University, has found that building up your self-esteem will not necessarily make you a better person. People with high self-esteem tend to think more of themselves while people with low self-esteem are more likely to rely on their friends when they need help.

Researchers say it is best to listen to and support other people. Set out to create or build something. If you fail at something, try to learn from the experience. "The best therapy(药方)is to know your own weak points," Vohs says. "It's OK to say, 'I'm not so good at that,' and then move on. "

1.According to scientists, what is the key to success?

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2.Do kids who have a low opinion of themselves have more emotional problems?

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3.When can high self-esteem bring us bad results?

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4.What's C rocker's advice on self-esteem?

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5.What will people with low self-esteem do when they need help?

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6.How do you like "If you fail at something, try to learn from the experience"? Why?

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