This is a true story that happened in Japan. In order to renovate the house, a Japanese tore open the walls. Japanese houses normally have a empty space between the wooden walls. When tearing down the walls, he found that there was a lizard(蜥蜴) stuck there because a nail from outside was hammered into one of its feet. He saw this, feeling pity and curious. When he checked the nail, he found it was nailed 10 years ago when the house was first built.

What happened? The lizard had survived in such a position for 10 years! It has been in a dark wall partition (夹层) for 10 years without moving! Then he wondered how this lizard survived for 10 years without moving a single step—since its foot was nailed! So he stopped his work and observed the lizard: What has it been doing? What and how has it been eating? Later, he didn't know from where another lizard appeared, with food in its mouth. Ah! He was astonished and touched deeply. The free lizard had been feeding the stuck one for the past 10 years.

Such love, a beautiful love! Such love happened with this tiny creature… What can love do? It can do wonders! Just think about it: one lizard had been feeding the other one untiringly for 10 long years, without giving up hope on its partner. If a small creature like a lizard can love like this, just imagine how we can love if we try.

1.The underlined word “renovate” in the first paragraph is closest in meaning to _________.

A. tear open B. repair C. tear down D. paint

2. How did the Japanese feel when seeing the stuck lizard?

A. Frightened B. Enjoyable C. Confused D. Usual

3.What can we learn from the free lizard?

A. It teaches us never to abandon our loved ones.

B. It teaches us to give more help to our loved ones.

C. It tells us to take pity on the stuck lizard.

D. It encourages us to live even longer.

4.Why did the Japanese stop his work?

A. To watch how long the lizard can still live here.

B. To take out the nail and set the lizard free.

C. To have a rest by watching the lizard.

D. To find out why the lizard had survived here for 10 years.

5.What would be the best title for the passage?

A. A Wonder B. Two Lizards

C. Such a Story D. Lizard Love

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Eliza worked in an office with twenty other people, and she liked her job. Getting ahead in her career wasn’t to her. But she suddenly changed the promotion of her friend and co-worker Betty who couldn’t have gotten the if Eliza had tried to. In the eyes of the other co-workers Betty was cheerful, hardworking and ambitious, while Eliza had been low-key and easygoing.

Before Betty got the promotion, Eliza had been satisfied with her , even if she had not been happy. But once Betty was made head, Eliza began to fill up with resentment(怨恨)and she disliked her job and Betty. Finally she developed a big mistake she was filled with anger all the time. Eliza began to see Betty as the source of all her problems, and she to remember that she had not particularly wanted the promotion anyway. Now she just thought that it should be hers. Instead of herself to see what her real goal was in the life, she tried to how to trap Betty and regarded Betty as her enemy. Eliza became________focused on her resentment, and she couldn’t get out of the situation.

One of the major problems with resentment is that you ________ that your anger is completely caused by others. You ________ looking for what you can do to improve your situation, because you are sure that your ________ feelings are the result of someone else’s fault. You give up trying to find real ________ to solve your problem. Dealing with resentment needs ________ . Because of that, you are able to have a clear mind so that you can admit you are feeling resentful. Then try hard to force yourself ________ready to be less resentful. You believe you are to blame for resentment, and you actively look for the way that can ________ the problem in your life.

1.A. important B. ordinary C. simple D. challenging

2.A. during B. before C. after D. until

3.A. agreement B. chance C. prize D. business

4.A. always B. sometimes C. seldom D. never

5.A. partner B. work C. teammates D. leader

6.A. mainly B. perfectly C. exactly D. extremely

7.A. supported B. disclosed C. hated D. forced

8.A. because B. if C. but D. while

9.A. decided B. started C. managed D. failed

10.A. noticing B. ensuring C. persuading D. warning

11.A. get at B. deal with C. figure out D. make up

12.A. partly B. completely C. finally D. usually

13.A. strange B. boring C. funny D. dangerous

14.A. doubt B. analyze C. believe D. find

15.A. mind B. stop C. enjoy D. keep

16.A. negative B. inspiring C. childish D. social

17.A. details B. effects C. solutions D. causes

18.A. freedom B. calmness C. experiment D. courage

19.A. luckily B. hurriedly C. strongly D. truly

20.A. solve B. avoid C. predict D. face

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