从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

Depressed people can be very difficult to be around, and yet they need more than the usual amount of support and understanding from their friends and family.

The anger and lack of concern that a depressed person may have for people close to him or her can be very disturbing to someone who's trying to help. _____1.______. Withdrawal from others can make it nearly impossible to encourage a depressed person to enter into activities that may help pull him or her out of the depression.

______2.____ Attempts to help may be met with defensiveness and verbal attacks. While being supportive and understanding, the friend of a family member must be careful not to do too many things for the depressed person. There is a very thin line between being supportive and being overly protective. Too much “doing for” can be a disservice(帮倒忙).

________3._________

◆Do not moralize. Don't pressure him or her to “put on a happy face,” or to “snap out of it.” Often the person will feel even worse after hearing such words.

◆When you are alone with your depressed friend, you might say something like, “I've noticed lately that you seem down. I care about you and would like to listen to what you're thinking about.” Then be a good listener.

◆______4.______You probably don't. But if you've had similar experiences, sharing those may help. Say things like, “This happened to me. It might help you.” Or “I know some of what you must be feeling.”

◆Urge him or her to get professional help if necessary. ______5.______

A. It is frequently difficult for a depressed person to carry on a conversation.

B. You can best help a friend or relative who is depressed by considering the following points:

C. At such times, the sincerity of a friend or a family member is questioned when the depressed person doesn't feel worthy of someone's friendship.

D. Cheer up and get rid of your depression.

E. Don't say, “I know exactly how you feel.”

F. Offer to accompany your friend on the first visit if it will be easier for the person.

G. A depressed person is willing to appreciate the sincerity of a friend or a family member

The loneliest chimp(黑猩猩) in the world just got the best surprise---a hug from a new friend. Ponso has been by himself for nearly three years, finding himself alone after his wife and children died on the island where they were abandoned by a medical testing company many years ago.

For years a nearby villager named Germain has been Ponso’s only company, visiting him so often to bring bananas and bread---the chimp’s only source of food on the tiny island. It was clear how much Ponso missed companionship when he was recently visited by Chimpanzee Conservation Centre Director Estelle Raballand. The chimp immediately embraced Estelle Raballand in a huge hug and laughed as she reached out for him, with his smile from ear to ear.

For those who know Ponso’s backstory, his immediate ease and trust in humans might be surprising. Ponso was one of 20 chimps, all between the ages of 7 to 11 years old, relocated to an island off the Ivory Coast after being used for testing. After the tests were completed in 2005, the lab reportedly transferred the chimps to a string of islands, occasionally dropping off food and water because there was none in the chimps’ new homes.

Disease and hunger soon left only Ponso, his mate and their two children standing. But at the end of 2013 they died within days and Ponso is now completely alone.

A group called SOS PONSO is trying to raise money for the poor lonely chimp, already achieving its goal of $20,000 ----all of which will be used for Ponso’s care.

1.What do we know about the chimp Ponso?

A. He was deserted by his family.

B. He found many sources of food.

C. He came to the island for a test.

D. He suffers from loneliness greatly.

2.How did Ponso feel about the visit of Estelle Raballand?

A. Excited. B. Frightened.

C. Embarrassed. D. Confused.

3.What is Paragraph 3 mainly about?

A. The chimps’ new settlements.

B. How Ponso came to the island.

C. Why Ponso was used for a test.

D. The medical test about chimps.

4.What can be inferred from the text?

A. Germain won’t visit Ponso anymore.

B. A new lab will be built on the island.

C. Many people show concern for Ponso.

D. More chimps will be brought to the island.

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Once upon a time in a land far far away, there was a _________old man who loved everything. Animals, spiders, insects…

One day_________ walking through the woods the nice old man found a cocoon(茧) of a butterfly. He __________ it home. A few days later, a small _________ appeared;he sat and watched the butterfly for several hours _________ it struggled to force its body through that little hole. Then it seemed to _________making any progress. It appeared as if it had gotten as far as it could and it could go _________farther.

Then the old man decided to help the __________________, so he took a pair of scissors and__________ the remaining bit of the cocoon.

The butterfly then came out __________.

_________ it had a swollen body and small, shriveled(皱缩的) wings. The old man __________to watch the butterfly because he expected that, at any moment, the wings would___________ to be able to support the body, which would contract in time. Neither happened ! _________ , the butterfly spent the rest of its life crawling(爬行) around with a swollen body and shriveled wings. It never was able to ___________.

What the man in his kindness and haste did not understand was that the restricting __________ and the struggle required for the butterfly to __________ the tiny opening were nature’s way of forcing fluid(液体) from the body of the butterfly into its wings so that it would be ready for flight once it achieved its __________ from the cocoon.

Sometimes _________ are exactly what we need in our life. If we were allowed to go through our life without any challenges, it would weaken us. We would not be as __________ as what we could have been. And we could never fly.

1.A. cold B. kind C. polite D. tiresome

2.A. unless B. if C. while D. because

3.A. took B. moved C. circulated D. dashed

4.A. sign B. shadow C. shade D. opening

5.A. and B. until C. as D. then

6.A. stop B. prevent C. appeal D. adapt

7.A. any B. more C. no D. much

8.A. cocoon B. butterfly C. animal D. insect

9.A. take down B. take apart C. cut down D. cut open

10.A. greedily B. easily C. hardly D. quickly

11.A. Generally B. Even C. So D. But

12.A. sought B. lasted C. continued D. began

13.A. enlarge B. shorten C. tighten D. darken

14.A. In conclusion B. In time C. In fact D. In particular

15.A. walk B. fly C. flee D. run

16.A. wing B. tale C. subject D. cocoon

17.A. get out B. get through C. get away D. get down

18.A. freedom B. outcome C. balance D. reliability

19.A. struggles B. passions C. manners D. spirits

20.A. weak B. intelligent C. gifted D. strong

The world shares him and London claims him, but Stratford-on-Avon intends to spend 2016 celebrating Shakespeare as their man: the bard(诗人)of Avon, who was born there in 1564, and died there 400 years ago.

Stratford remained hugely important throughout Shakespeare’s life, argues Paul Edmondson, the head of learning and research at the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust. "People have seen Shakespeare as a Dick Whittington figure, who turns his back on Stratford and his family, goes to London to earn his fortune and only comes back to die," he said. "But Stratford is where he bought land and property, where he kept his library, where he lived and read and thought. We are going to spend the year re-emphasizing the importance of Shakespeare, the man of Stratford."

The anniversary of the death of the most famous and the most performed playwright in the world will be marked across Britain and the globe. Macbeth is about to open in Singapore, Romeo and Juliet in Brussels. Shakespeare’s Globe is completing the first world tour, in which it has taken Hamlet to almost every country. North Korea is still holding out, though.

The Globe director recently jokily claimed Shakespeare as a true Londoner. Stratford, however, will be insisting that the town made and educated Shakespeare. "His old school room in Stratford-on-Avon where Shakespeare learned ‘small Latin and less Greek’ --as kindly laughed at by his friend Ben Johnson--will open its doors, scarred by centuries of naughty schoolboys, to mark 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death," said Paul Edmondson.

Shakespeare bought the splendid New Place, the second best house in the town, when he had made his fortune on the London stage. "You don't buy a house like New Place and not live there," Paul said. He believes that after Shakespeare bought it, all his thinking time was spent there, and that the late plays, including The Tempest, were at least planned in his library and probably written there.

1.What made people regard Shakespeare as a Dick Whittington figure?

A. His life experiences.

B. His achievements in literature.

C. His popularity in London.

D. His contributions to Stratford.

2.Where is the play Hamlet resisted?

A. In Brussels. B. In Singapore.

C. In North Korea. D. In London.

3.What can we know about New Place?

A. The Tempest was totally finished there.

B. Shakespeare learned Latin and Greek there.

C. It was completely destroyed by naughty schoolboys.

D. Shakespeare probably spent his last few years there.

4.What can be a suitable title for the text?

A. Bard of London B. Man of Stratford

C. Life of Shakespeare D. Plays of Shakespeare

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