Sometimes,when you worry that you may fail an exam,you end up failing.Or during a seating arrangement (安排) in your class,when you are afraid to sit next to someone you don' t like,you end up sharing the desk with him or her.

This is what Murphy' s Law tells us: If things can go wrong,they will go wrong.But is it true?

Of the studies about Murphy' s Law,the most famous one is the buttered toast (烤面包片)phenomenon (现象): One toast with butter falls,it lands butter﹣side down most of the time.

To prove this,Robert Matthews did a lot of experiments with more than 1,000British school kids in 2001.

In the first experiment,each student put a piece of buttered toast on a plate,let it fall off 20times and noted which side it landed on.Of almost 10,000experiments,toast landed butter﹣side down 62percent of the time.

But you may ask: Is it the butter that plays a role? Here comes Matthews' second experiment.

This time,instead of butter,the toast had a letter "B" written on one side.It still landed 58 percent of the time on the B﹣side.

This proved that Murphy' s Law is true: If the toast can land butter﹣side down,it will do so.

Matthews did another experiment.When students threw the toast from a height of 2.5metres,the toast landed butter﹣side down only 47percent of the time.

"Toast lands butter﹣side down because humans aren' t tall enough to let it land any other way," Matthews said.

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1.According to Murphy' s Law,in an English class,if you don' t want to be questioned by the teacher,you may end up failing answering the questions.

2.In the first experiment of buttered toast,we know the toast landed butter﹣side down about 620times.

3.If the toast can land butter﹣side down,Murphy' s Law is true.

4.In the first two experiments,either the butter or the letter "B" plays a role.

5.The passage is mainly talking about Murphy' s Law depends on people' s mental state(心理状态).

I used to be ashamed of my grandma. I know that’s a ______thing to say, but it was true until today, so I have to admit it. The trouble ___when my friend Katy found Grandma’s false teeth floating in a glass on the bathroom sink. I was so used to seeing them that I ____took notice of them. But Katy shouted, laughing and pretending to talk to them. I had to get down on my knees and beg her to shut up so my grandma wouldn’t ______and get hurt. After that happened, I __there were a million things about Grandma that were embarrassing. Once she took Jill and me out to Burger King. ___ordering our hamburgers well?done, she told the person behind the counter “They’ll have two Whoppers(巨无霸) well?to?do.” Jill burst out laughing,but I almost ___.

After a while, I started wishing I could ___Grandma in a closet. I even complained to my parents. Both my parents said I had to be careful not to make Grandma feel ____in our home. Then last Wednesday, something happened that ___everything completely. My teacher told us to help find interesting old people and ____them about their ____for a big Oral History project. I was trying to think of someone when Angie pushed me gently. “ Volunteer your grandmother ,” she whispered.“She’s interesting and rich in experience.” That was the last thing I ever thought Angie would say about my grandma.

This is how I ended up on interviewing today interviewing my own grandmother before the whole school assembly(集合).All my friends and teachers were listening to her ______she was a great heroine. I was ______of my grandma and hoped she would ______know that I had been ashamed of her.

1.A. worse B. common C. terrible. D. funny

2.A. started. B. existed. C. showed D. counted

3.A. already B. hardly C. simply. D. always

4.A. mind. B. hear C. see D. feel

5.A. expected B. decided C. realized D. doubted

6.A. Because of. B. Except for C. Instead of D. In spite of

7.A. died B. cheered C. disappeared. D. suffered

8.A. meet. B. hide C. arrange D. avoid

9.A. independent. B. inconvenient C. unfamiliar D. unwelcome

10.A. made B. finished C. changed D. stopped

11.A. think of B. talk with. C. call on D. dream of

12.A. news B. lives C. advantages D. achievements

13.A. so far as. B. even if C. in case. D. as if

14.A. tired. B. fond C. ashamed D. proud

15.A. forever B. even C. never. D. once

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