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— No, thanks. _____.
C. I'm not a little tired
B. I'm too tired to move
D. I'm a bit tired
完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分。）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从所给出的四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
After listening to everyone’s concerns and problems, Professor Smith looked over at the hostess (主持人) and asked her if she could get a paper and pen for everyone in the room. She 36 a minute later, and brought some paper and pens.
“Do me a 37 ,” Professor Smith asked. “We’re going to try something and I 38 your cooperation. On the small piece of paper please 39 the 3 biggest problems you are facing in your personal life right now. Don’t write your name on it. We’ll keep it 40 .”
The group found the experiment 41 , not knowing what was to follow.
After everyone wrote down their problems, Professor Smith asked everyone to 42 their paper and put it in a small basket that was in the front of the room. There were 43 expressions throughout the room, 44 again, everyone cooperated, wanting to know what would 45 next.
Professor Smith shook the basket and then he 46 around the room and asked each person to 47 a paper from the basket. After he had done that, he sat back down and looked around the room.
“Friends, 48 the paper and read to yourself the problems that you 49 ,” Professor Smith said.
Then, Professor Smith 50 at the woman sitting on his left and asked, “Lisa, would you like to 51 your problems that you wrote down with those that you chose from the basket?”
“No,” Lisa said.
Next, Professor Smith asked the man sitting next to Lisa the 52 question. “Would you like to exchange the problems you wrote down with those that you chose from the basket?”
53 the reply was “No.”
Professor Smith went around the whole room. Everyone had a 54 to answer.
Surprisingly, the answers were all the same — no, no, no, no…. Some people said that “I can settle my own problems, but I can’t 55 what I chose out of the basket”. Some people said “Wow — these make my problems look like nothing.”
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In the United States, friendships can be close, constant, intense, genero
us and real, yet fade away in a short time if situations change. Neither side feels hurt by this. Both may exchange Christmas greetings for a year or two, perhaps a few letters for a while— then no more. If the same two people meet again by chance, even years later, they pick up the friendship where it left off and are delighted.
In the States, you can feel free to visit people’s homes, share their holidays, or enjoy their lives without fear that you are taking on a lasting obligation(义务). Do not h
esitate to accept hospitality（好客） because you can’t 
give it in return. No one will expect you to do so for they know you are far from home. Americans will enjoy welcoming you and be pleased if you accept their hospitality easily.
Once you arrive there, the welcome will be full and warm and real. Most visitors find themselves readily invited into many homes there. In some countries it is considered inhospitable to entertain at home, offering what is felt as only home—cooked food, not “ doing something for your guest”. It is felt that restaurant entertaining, shows more respect and welcome. Or for other different reasons, such as crowded space, language difficulties, or family custom, outsiders are not invited into homes.
In the United States, both methods are used, but it is often considered more friendly to invite a person to one’s home than to go to a public place, except in purely business relationships. So, if your host or hostess brings you home, do not feel that you are being shown inferior treatment.
Don’t feel neglected if you do not find flowers awaiting you in your hotel room, either. Flowers are very expensive there; hotel delivery is uncertain; arrival times are delayed, changed, or 
canceled —— so flowers are not customarily sent as a welcoming touch. Please do not feel unwanted! Outward signs vary in different lands; the inward welcome is what matters, and this will be real.
【小题1】In the United States, you will find friendships ______ if circumstances change.
| A．die suddenly | B．pass away |
| C．disappear gradually | D．last forever |
| A．ask | B．don’t expect | C．never allow | D．wish |
| A．less friendly | B．less hospitable | C．more natural | D．more popular |
ing is NOT true?| A．Flowers are signs of outward welcome. |
| B．Flowers are expensive. |
| C．Flowers are available at all time. |
D．Flowers are not necessarily sen t to guests. |
Psychology（心理学）tells us that many people hate to take risks. But it is good for us to take risks, especially (尤其)when the risk is to achieve a desired result. In that way, we become stronger and braver.
Our human nature should be to take risks, but some people just sit and wish they didn’t have the fear（恐惧）to move on. This is because of one or two failures in their lives. Please step out and don’t let the past hold you back from living life to the fullest. Move forward and move on!
In studying the psychology of taking risks, we find that human nature provides(提供) us with the desire (渴望)to experiment and take chances.
Risk taking is a great benefit（好处）that allowed our ancestors(祖先) to become stronger and stronger day by day. By taking risks they fought off enemies and discovered new territories（领土）. This attitude has become a part of our modern culture. Riding a roller coaster is a common risk taking activity that even the average person seems to enjoy although they have the understanding that it is dangerous. This psychological and biological (生物学上的) connection （联系）creates an interesting connection between what is unsafe and what humans enjoy.
Getting in a car each day is a risk. Getting out of bed is a risk. There is such thing as perfect safety. We need to take risks so that we can complete (finish) many things. Astronauts take risks when they get inside a rocket; however, the things they achieve are great. Businessmen take a risk when they buy parts of a company. However, without doing that, they could not make more money.
We need to take risks so that we can gain something. It is impossible to move forward in life, earn money, enjoy a relationship, play a sport, or do anything else without taking a risk. It is all part of the game. It’s one of the most important parts of life.
【小题1】Some people don’t want to take risks, mainly （主要）because ___________.
| A．they are too lazy to move on |
| B．they feel pleased with the present life. |
| C．they have experienced some failures before |
| D．they show little interest in the strange world outside |
| A．Taking risks |
| B．Fighting off enemies |
| C．Discovering new territories |
| D．Becoming stronger and stronger |
| A．Daily life is full of risks |
| B．The safest place has the greatest risk |
| C．People should take risks when they are young |
| D．We can always achieve our goals by taking risks |
| A．Taking risks is easier said than done |
| B．On risks taken by ancestors |
| C．Live our life to the fullest(充分地) |
| D．No risk, no gain. |