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I recently got pulled over for speeding not far from my new home in Virginia. I hadn’t been paying attention, and I had driven a few miles an hour over the speed limit.

“Can I see your license and registration?” the police officer asked me. I pulled both out for him, and he saw my Pittsburgh address on my Pennsylvania driver’s license.

“What are you doing here?” he asked. “Are you with the army?”

“No, I’m not.” I answered. I explained that I had just moved to Virginia, and I hadn’t had time to re-register yet.

“So what brings you here?”

He had asked a direct question. Without thinking very hard, I gave him a direct answer. “Well, officer,” I said, “since you’ve asked, I have cancer. I have just months to live. We’ve moved down here to be close to my wife’s family.”

“So you’ve got cancer,” he said flatly. He was trying to figure me out. Was I really dying? Was I lying? He took a long look at me. “You know, for a guy who has only a few months to live, you sure look good.”

He was obviously thinking: “Either this guy is pulling one big fat line on me, or he’s telling the truth.” He was trying to question my honesty without directly calling me a liar. And so he had forced me to prove that I was being honest.

“Well, officer, I know that I look pretty healthy. I look great on the outside, but the tumors are on the inside.” And then, I don’t know what possessed me, but I just did it. I pulled up my shirt, showing the operational scars.

He looked at my scars. He looked in my eyes. He now knew he was talking to a dying man. Well, he wasn’t taking this any further. He handed me back my license. “Do me a favor.” he said, “Slow down from now on.”

The awful truth had set me free. As he went back to his police car, I had a realization. I had been one of those gorgeous blondes (金发美女) who could bat her eyelashes and get out of tickets. I drove home under the speed limit, and I was smiling like a beauty queen.

1.The author was stopped by the police officer because ______.

A. he didn’t have a license

B. he forgot to re-register

C. he drove too fast

D. he was seriously ill

2. The author moved to Virginia probably because ______.

A. he was homesick

B. his family could be better cared for

C. Virginia had better hospitals

D. he served in the army there

3. On hearing about the author’s cancer, the police officer ______.

A. said it was an excuse

B. showed sympathy for him

C. asked him to show his scars

D. doubted his honesty

4.It can be inferred from the passage that the author was ______.

A. adventurous B. optimistic

C. dishonest D. romantic

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It would have been a success story if Fullerton High School senior Fernando Rojas, the son of Mexican immigrants whose schooling stopped in the eighth grade, was accepted to college. But the 17-year-o1d achieved a surprising clean sweep—he was accepted to every Ivy League school.

“I didn’t think I could get into any,” Rojas told The Orange County Register on Saturday. “When I got all eight, it was a blessing and a curse because I had to choose. I was excited and scared and everything at the same time.”

The first call came from Yale University in February. Within weeks calls, emails and letters followed from Dartmouth College, Brown University, the University of Pennsylvania, Cornell University, Columbia University, Harvard University and Princeton University. Rojas also was accepted by Stanford University and two nearby schools, the University of California, Irvine, and California State University, Fullerton.

He is one of four children of Raul Rojas and Mafia, who moved to Fullerton from Jalisco, Mexico in the early 1980s.

A national speech and debate champion, Rojas reasoned that if he applied to the eight Ivy League schools, he might get into one. Sal Tinajero, Rojas’speech and debate coach at Fullerton, told the newspaper that Rojas is a hardworking self-starter who thrives (茁壮成长) on competition. “His biggest motivation for speech and debate was his parents to know that their hard work meant something,” Tinajero said.

After visiting several campuses, he settled on Yale, which costs $64, 000 a year with room and board. He is responsible for $6,000; Yale scholarships and federal grant money cover the rest.

He’ll mostly take it easy during the summer before heading to Yale in late August. He’s considering majoring in Latin American studies and perhaps a career as a lawyer or in international affairs.

1.What can be learned about Fernando Rojas from Paragraph 1?

A. His schooling stopped in the eighth grade.

B. He often did some cleaning in the school.

C. His admission to famous universities was unexpected.

D. People were confident that he would be successful.

2.How many universities accepted Rojas altogether?

A. 8. B. 9.

C. 10. D. 11.

3.What does the underlined sentence in Paragraph 5 mean?

A. Rojas’s parents knew Rojas loved them deeply.

B. Rojas was good at speech and debate competition.

C. The hard work of his parents inspired Rojas greatly.

D. Rojas’s motivation was misunderstood by his parents.

4.What does the author want to tell?

A. God blesses the hard-working.

B. Detail is the key to success.

C. All roads lead to Rome.

D. Every dog has its day.

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Easy Ways to Boost (改善) Your Mood

_1._. Taking an extra moment for yourself will make your day brighter and give you a healthier outlook on life. Here are some simple ways you can bring a little happiness into your life right now:

1.Go for a walk.

Grab your dog, best friend, or your significant other and head out on a brisk (轻快的) walk. Just a little bit of exercise can boost your mood and give you a fresh perspective (态度) on problems that have been bothering you. Think walks are boring? _2.__ Take a trip to the mall, or even walk to get some frozen yogurt. Make it a fun trip and you’ll surely make it part of your routine.

2._3._

After all, laughter is the best medicine. Pick up something that makes you laugh like a funny picture, book, magazine, or a DVD of your favorite comedy. _4.__ Giving yourself time to laugh boosts feel?good endorphins(胺多酚).

3. _5.__

Take a photo of yourself doing something you enjoy, like roller skating, skiing, swimming, playing an instrument, or being with friends and family. Place the picture on your desk to remind yourself that you lead an amazing life and have lots to be happy about.

A.Model behavior.

B.Try walking to a place that seems exciting to you.

C.Ten minutes of relaxation can do wonders.

D.Even the most optimistic people can use a mood boost every once in a while.

E.Tell someone that you’re guaranteed to brighten their day.

F.You could even plan a date night out to a comedy club.

G.Buy something interesting.

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Mark was walking home from school one day when he noticed the boy ahead of him had tripped and dropped all of the books he was carrying, along with two sweaters, a baseball bat, a glove and a small tape recorder. Mark knelt down and _________ the boy pick up the scattered (散落的) articles. _________ they were going the same way, he helped to carry part of the _________ . As they walked, Mark _________ the boy’s name was Bill, that he loved video games, baseball and history, that he was having lots of _________ with his other subjects and that he had just _________ with his girlfriend.

They arrived at Bill’s home first and Mark was _________in for a Coke and to watch some television. The afternoon passed _________ with a few laughs and some shared small talk, and then Mark went home. They _________ to see each other around school, had lunch together once or twice, and then both _________ from junior high school. They ended up in the same high school where they had brief contacts over the years. Finally the long-awaited senior year _________ and three weeks before graduation, Bill asked Mark if they could _________.

Bill _________ him of the day years before when they had first met. “Did you ever _________ why I was carrying so many things home that day?” asked Bill. “You see, I cleaned out my locker because I didn’t want to leave a mess for anyone else. I had _________ some of my mother’s sleeping pills and I was going home to commit suicide (自杀). _________ after we spent some time together talking and _________ , I realized that if I had killed myself, I would have _________ that time and so many others that might follow. So you see, Mark, when you _________ those books that day, you did a lot more. You _________ my life.”

1.A. showedB. orderedC. controlledD. helped

2.A. UnlessB. AlthoughC. SinceD. If

3.A. strengthB. burdenC. backpackD. weight

4.A. guessedB. askedC. learnedD. discussed

5.A. secretB. troubleC. funD. enthusiasm

6.A. kept upB. ended upC. made upD. split up

7.A. ledB. invitedC. sentD. taken

8.A. extraordinarilyB. slowlyC. delightfullyD. fortunately

9.A. continuedB. insistedC. promisedD. decided

10.A. jumpedB. leftC. cameD. graduated

11.A. leftB. cameC. wentD. lost

12.A. contactB. playC. travelD. talk

13.A. warnedB. informedC. guidedD. reminded

14.A. doubtB. wonderC. imagineD. know

15.A. storedB. eatenC. boughtD. adopted

16.A. SoB. AsC. BecauseD. But

17.A. eatingB. playingC. laughingD. studying

18.A. killedB. sparedC. cutD. missed

19.A. took upB. picked upC. brought upD. looked up

20.A. savedB. correctedC. madeD. prepared

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