Long long ago, there was a river. The river was very _______. He had spent long time being alone and refusing to share his water with any fish, plant or animal. His life was full of loneliness and sadness.

One day, a little girl came to the river. She was going to move to _______ country and decided to put her favourite little fish into the river. This little fish, named Scamp, was a happy fish._______ he fell into the river, he felt the river’s loneliness. Scamp tried to talk to the river and wanted to make the river ________. But the river told Scamp to go away. Scamp didn’t ________. He kept asking and swimming in the river, and ________ he started jumping in and out of the water. _______ time went by, the river became happy and they became good ________ . But one day, this little fish was caught by a little boy.

The river spent that night thinking about how much________ it was to have a friend, and how much he had missed by not having him. Before, he was so _________. From then on, the river became friendly to others and made friends with the plants and fish in the river.

1.A. kind B. unfriendly C. outgoing D. strange

2.A. other B. another C. else D. the other

3.A. Until B. If C. Because D. When

4.A. brave B. weak C. happy D. sad

5.A. grow up B. give up C. get up D. come up

6.A. finally B. slowly C. hardly D. luckily

7.A. While B. Since C. Whenever D. As

8.A. classmates B. brothers C. parents D. friends

9.A. fun B. time C. money D. stress

10.A. tired B. untidy C. stupid D. Valuable

You may have heard of snipers (狙击手), or seen snipers in movies and computer games. They are people who can shoot and kill from a long distance. But do you know that we have real snipers in our police?

Early this month, a man kidnapped a little girl with a knife in Beijing. Police came to talk to him, but he didn’t let the girl go and was hurting the girl. A sniper shot him dead.

In Beijing, there are over 300 police snipers. They work 24 hours a day, seven days a week to protect the capital.

How do snipers get trained? What are their lives like? An expert(专家)with the Beijing sniper team shares some of the team’s secrets with us.

Q: How do you choose snipers?

A: We choose snipers from the Beijing police. There are no strict rules about the height and weight of our snipers, but they must have very good eyesight. The weapon(武器) they use is around 3.5 kg. Sometimes snipers need to hold it for hours. So, snipers need to have a strong body. They also need to pass written psychology (心理) tests.

Q: What is the most important quality of a sniper?

A: A good state of mind. Snipers need to be calm all the time. Sometimes, they may get ready for shooting for a whole day. They cannot talk, eat or drink during that time.

Q: What kind of training do snipers usually get?

A: The practice they often get is 100 meters distance shooting. They practice shooting in all kinds of weather, including windy and snowy days.

Q: Is it possible that a sniper may miss his target (目标)?

A: That is not possible. The only standard for being a sniper is to take a life with one bullet (子弹).

However, snipers are not killers. They only pull the trigger (扣动扳机) when they have to.

1.Which of the following is NOT true about the snipers?

A. They are professional(职业的) killers. B. They can shoot very far.

C. They protect our country. D. They are in our police force.

2.A good sniper should have the following except _____.

A. a strong body B. good eyesight C. a certain height D. a good state of mind

3.The underlined word “quality” means _____.

A. 质量 B. 品质 C. 性格 D. 性质

4.The most practice the snipers get is _____.

A. holding the gun for a whole day B. doing push-ups and sit-ups

C. 100m distance shooting D. jumping over high walls

5.The snipers’ work is ____.

A. hard and important B. interesting and exciting

C. boring but comfortable D. funny but unimportant

We can make mistakes at any age.Some mistakes we make are about money.But most mistakes are about people.“Did Jerry really care when I broke up with Helen?“When I got that great job,did Jim really feel good about it,as a friend? Or did he envy my luck?”“And why wasn’t Paul friendly just because I had a car?”When we look back,thoughts like these can make us feel bad.But when we look back,it’s too late.

Why do we go wrong about our friends? Sometimes what people say hides their real meaning.And if we don’t really listen, we miss the feeling behind the words.Sometimes someone tells you,“You’re a lucky dog.”That’s friendly.But“lucky dog”?There’s a bit of envy in those words.Maybe he doesn’t see it himself.But bringing in the“dog”puts you down a little.What he may be saying is that he does’t think that you can have such good luck.

‘‘Just think of all the things you have to be thankful for’’is another example that says one thing and means another.It could mean that the speaker is trying to get you to see your problem as part of your life.But is he? It’s telling you to think of all the hungry people in the whole world when you haven’t got a date(约会)for Saturday night.

How can you tell the real meaning behind someone’s words? One way is to take a good look at the person talking.Do his words fit the way he looks? Dose what he says agree with the tone(语调)of voice? His posture(姿态)? The look in his eyes? Stop and think.The minute you spend thinking about the real meaning of the words may save another mistake.

1.This passage is mainly about

A.how to remember what people say

B.what to do when you listen to others talking

C.how to avoid mistakes when you communicate with people

D.how to watch people when they are talking

2.According to the writer,the reason why we go wrong about our friends is that

A.we fail to listen carefully when they talk

B.people will be angry when we check what they say

C.people usually say one thing but mean another

D.we like to doubt what our friends say

3.The underlined word“it”in the second paragraph means

A.being friendly B.a bit of envy

C.1ucky dog D.your luck

4.When we listen to a person talking,the most important thing for us to do is to

A.know the way the person is talking

B.take a good look at the person talking

C.notice his tone,his posture and the look in his eyes

D.understand the real meaning of what he says

5. Maybe the writer is a

A.teacher B.psychologist(心理学家)

C.scientist D.doctor

阅读下列短文,根据短文中的信息完成文后表格。在答题卡标有题号的横线上,写出空缺处所填单词的正确形式。(每空一词)

Every place offers the possible dangers for getting hurt, even staying at work. We may face dangers like walking into desks or chairs, receiving unexpected cuts from a paper knife and so on. Industrial jobs have similar and more dangers like getting body parts hurt by machines or falling from a height.

No one wants to get hurt. Some accidents are avoidable(可避免的). Most accidents happen because of common things seen every day—an open desk drawer, a chair pulled out too far, water on the floor and so on. We slowly get used to these things we see every day and never think about what they could possibly become in the future.

Think about the following to prevent dangers to yourself and others:

1. If there is something you see and know may become a danger for yourself or others, do something about it. Close a desk drawer, clean up or put a sign over the water, turn off the power before leaving, and so on.

2. Get extra persons’ help and support on a task that is too hard for a single person.

3. Study the situation and think what could possibly happen and change if necessary. Do it before something happens and you won’t have to say some day, “ I should have… How sorry I feel…”

To use an old phrase “ Safety is everyone’s duty.” Looking down on it could lead to being hurt. Keep the rule in mind every day “ Everyone wants to go home in the same condition they came to work in –or better.”

Title:__1.____ at Work

__2.___ dangers
 

There are some dangers like tripping, unexpected __3.___ by a paper knife.
 

____4.____
 

1. Most accidents are __5.____ by the common things seen every day.
2. Get used to ____6.____we can see every day and never think about the dangers.
 

Safety
rules
 

1. Turn off the power before you ___7.__.
2. Get extra persons’ help and support if the task is too difficult for you to finish on your 8. .
3. Make some ____9.___ based on the situation.
 

Warning
 

Safety on the job is ___10.__duty.
 

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