Since I was a child, my mouth has caused me trouble. I’m not a bad person. I have a _______ time learning when to keep my mouth closed.

My mom has told me again and again, ‘Robert, your constant ________ words are hurting me. If you continued to be this rude, you will get into big trouble.’

It’s been a problem at school several times too when teachers have told me ________ I didn’t want to hear. I used to feel it was my duty to _________ myself.

One day in English class I was working on my homework until I heard a classmate ______ behind me. It was Nathaniel, who liked doing that as usual.

At first, I said very________, “Nathaniel, would you please be quiet?”

However, Nathaniel continued talking to himself. I quickly __________ “Nathaniel, shut up!”

For the next five minutes, we threw hurtful words back and forth at each other.

I knew these words would make him ________. It would hurt his feelings and shut him up.

What I said filled him with anger. He tried to reach over my seat and catch me as he shouted, “That’s it! That’s it!”

______ at what he was doing, I sat back in my seat. I had never seen Nathaniel act like this before.

Later on, we were taken to the headmaster’s office. There, Mr. Black, our English teacher, told us to ________the matter. It wasn’t until then that I finally found that _______ I hurt someone physically(身体上), the wounds eventually heal(愈合). But when I hurt them with my ________, sometimes the pain never goes away.

At the end of the discussion, I said ________to Nathaniel.

When I went back to my room, I lost myself into ______ how often and how much what I said hurt others. It’s at that time that I realized I should keep my _________ closed just before I threw hurtful words. I hope my mouth won’t cause me any trouble.

1.A.busy B.hard C.happy D.fantastic

2.A.tiring B.beautiful C.bad D.exciting

3.A.something B.nothing C.everything D.anything

4.A.support B.stop C.smell D.spend

5.A.singing B.reading C.laughing D.talking

6.A.carefully B.carelessly C.politely D.angrily

7.A.repeated B.expressed C.replied D.shouted

8.A.nervous B.afraid C.sad D.bored

9.A.Angry B.Surprised C.Nervous D.Happy

10.A.discuss B.solve C.take D.report

11.A.because B.so C.when D.until

12.A.words B.action C.ideas D.experience

13.A.goodbye B.thanks C.hello D.sorry

14.A.talking about B.thinking of C.complaining about D.hearing of

15.A.eyes B.mouth C.door D.window

Answer the questions (根据以下内容回答问题)

Do you think you’re a lucky person? Let’s see what Professor Richard Wise-man, a famous psychologist(心理学家), has discovered about luck:

Ten years ago, I set out a research on luck. I wanted to know why some people are always in the right place at the right time, while others always experience ill luck.

Many people volunteered for my research. Over the years I interviewed them, watched their lives and had them take part in my experiment.

I carried out a simple experiment to discover why there were differences in their ability to find opportunities. I gave both lucky and unlucky people a newspaper and asked them to look through it an tell me how many photographs were in side.

I had secretly placed a large message halfway through the newspaper saying. “Tell the researcher you have seen this and win $50.”

This message took up half of the page and was more than two inches high. It was staring everyone straight in the face, but unlucky people tended to (倾向于)miss it and lucky people tended to spot it.

Unlucky people are just more nervous than lucky people. They are busy looking only for what they need and this stops them from noticing the unexpected. As a result, they miss out on opportunities.

Lucky people tend to be more relaxed and open. They can see everything that is in front of them, rather than just what they are looking for.

My research shows that lucky people live by several principles(原则). Here are some of these principles:

1.Opportunities are always given to those who are prepared.

2. Be open to new experiences and break your normal thought patterns(模式).

3.Spend a few moments each day remembering things that went well.

4.See yourself being lucky before an important meeting or phone call.

1.How long has Professor Richard Wise-man studied on luck?

2.What did the volunteers do for the professor during the research?

3.What’s the purpose of Professor Richard Wise-man’s small experiment?

4.The message in the newspaper was so small that unlucky people couldn’t find it, wasn’t it?

5.Why did the unlucky fail to find the message in the newspaper according to the research?

6.Which principle of the four is the most important in your opinion? Why?

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