Life is not easy in senior high school. You’ve got the pressure of studies and exams.

From time to time, you may feel depressed and frustrated. When depression strikes, you have to take measures to fight it. One of the strangest ways to fight depression is to eat salt, scientists have found.

Salt acts as a natural anti-depressant (抗抑郁剂), researchers say. While too much can lead to high blood pressure and heart disease, not enough can cause “psychological(心理的) depressions”, a study has reported.

The study, by researchers at the University of Iowa in the US, discovered that when rats are deficient in salt, they don’t do activities they normally enjoy.

The recommended daily salt intake for an adult is four grams, although experts say the body needs only half as much.

However, most adults in the developed world consume(消耗)around ten grams a day, mainly because their diets contain high salt amounts. Today, 77 percent of US salt intake comes from processed and restaurant foods, like frozen dinners and fast food.

The minerals in salt are required by the body—in small quantities—to help move liquid in and out of cells. But too much can cause diseases, for example high blood pressure.

Today scientists are finding that salt is an addictive substance—almost like a drug.

One sign of addiction is using a substance even when it’s known to be harmful. Many people are told to eat less salt due to health concerns, but they have trouble doing so because they like the taste and find low-salt foods tasteless.

Humans have a long history of eating salt. In the Stone Age, people didn’t need to find salt, because they hunted most of their food, and ate a lot of red meat, which has plenty of salt in it. But when people began to farm, about 10,000 BC, they started to eat mainly grains like rice and wheat, and very little meat. Then they had to find another way to get salt.

1.What does the underlined word "deficient" in the fourth paragraph mean?

A. enoughB. far from enough

C. more than enoughD. plenty

2.The major role of salt is to ________.

A. help the body work well

B. help fight against depression

D. help people get rid of an addiction to drugs

D. help people enjoy sugary substances

3.Which of the following statements is true?

A. People have trouble reducing salt because they don't know it is harmful to eat too much of it.

B. Before 10,000 BC, human beings did not need salt.

C. The richer the country is, the more salt is eaten there.

D. Taking more than 4 grams of salt a day can be harmful for an adult's health.

4.What kind of food should people eat more of?

A. Frozen foodB. Fast food

C. Red meatD. Low-salt food

There was once a captain who loved money so much that he cheated his sailors at the end of every voyage and took their wages.

On the last day of one voyage, the ship was in a small port. It was winter time, and the sea was very cold, so the captain said to his sailors, "If one of you stays in the water during the whole night, I will give him my ship. But if he comes out before the sun appears, I shall get his wages."

The sailors had heard about the captain's cheating, so they didn't trust him. But then one of them, who thought that he was cleverer than the captain, said that he would do it. He got into the water, and, though it was very cold, he stayed in it. When it was nearly morning, some fishermen lit a fire on the shore about half a mile away.

"You are cheating," the captain said to the sailor. "The fire's warming you."

"But it's half a mile away!" said the sailor.

"A fire's fire," answered the captain. "I have won."

The sailor came out of the water, and said, "Perhaps you think that you are clever because you have won my wages, but you can't cook a chicken."

"I can," answered the captain.

"If you cook this chicken," said the sailor, "I shall work for you without wages for seven years, but if you can't, you will give me your ship."

The captain agreed, took the chicken and said, "Where's the fire?"

"There it is," answered the sailor. "On the shore."

"But it's half a mile away," said the captain angrily.

" A fire's fire, you said," answered the sailor. "If it is enough to warm me in the water, it is enough to cook your chicken."

1. The captain got the sailors' wages ________.

A. to buy a chicken for himself

B. and said he would return the money soon

C. and kept the money for future

D. by cheating him

2.The captain insisted that the fire was warming the sailor because he ________.

A. wanted to keep his promise

B. didn't believe the sailor's success

C. didn't want to lose the bet

D. wanted to show his cleverness

3. Which of the following statements is NOT TRUE?

A. In order to help the sailor in the water, the fishermen made a fire.

B. The sailors didn't trust the captain.

C. The captain failed to cheat the sailor this time.

D. The sailor didn't get out of the water before the sun appeared.

4.What is the best title of the story?

A. A Fire Is Fire

B. How a Sailor Got a Ship

C. A Brave Sailor

D. How a Captain Cheated His Sailor

On a rainy night three years ago my dear mom went to accompany her Lord. She did it her way.

I got the call at work, and l headed home quickly. Mom and Dad lived on a small farm that they had owned since I was seven. I hated going there every weekend. There was nothing for a young girl to do but watch the one station on the old TV set, if the weather allowed reception.

My mom, on the other hand, loved the peace and quiet of the land. The place was rural, with no indoor plumbing or heat. We had a big wood stove in the kitchen that did its best to heat the little farmhouse, but it always seemed cold and too quiet to me.

In the evenings, my mom and I would sit for hours singing in the little kitchen. I sang the melody and Mom harmonized. Her favorite song was “Moon River” and we sang it over and over. Mom told me stories about how when I was a little girl I could sing before I could talk.

As time passed, I had my own children and went to visit them every week or two. The kids loved the farm and the tractor rides with my dad. Me, well, I still hated the silence of the farm. While my mom loved to sit at her kitchen table and look out at her garden and flowers and retell all the old stories, I missed the hustle and bustle of my life at home. But I sat there listening quietly as she reminisced.

Now, I sat back in the silence and the silence was deathly so I finally leaned over to turn on an old radio. Music always comforted me. My heart skipped a beat. “Moon River” was playing on the radio. I sat there wordless, with a tear running down my cheek, as I listened to every familiar note.

1. From the first paragraph, we know that the writer’s mother ________.

A. passed away three years ago

B. left the small farm with Lord

C. left for Lord to live her own way

D. preferred to be with Lord

2. The underlined word “reminisced” in the last but one paragraph probably means ________.

A. recalled B. comforted

C. shouted D. sighed

3.The writer didn’t like staying on the farm for the following reasons EXCEPT that ________.

A. it was too cold and quiet

B. she could only sing one song on the small farm

C. there was nothing more that could make her excited

D. the place was rural, with no indoor plumbing or heat

4.Which of the following would be the best title for this passage?

A. Cherish Life B. My Happy Childhood

C. Our Small Farmhouse D. Mom’s Music

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1.Nearly 800 of those victims s__________ (寻求) help but declined to file complaints against their attackers.

2.They left the lights down to create a comfortable a__________.

3.The spread of u__________ areas destroys the habitats of wildlife and endangers some species.

4.Be m__________ and don’t be conceited. Otherwise, you will lag behind.

5.We should direct our attention at the f__________ (基本的) question.

6.科学家们现在发现的基因无法解释所有的那些情况。

The gene that the scientists have discovered today doesn’t __________ __________ all of those cases.

7.像硅谷这样的地方一定会产生与高科技相关的服务。

Places like Silicon Valley will no doubt __________ __________ __________ services related to Hi-tech.

8.既然已着手这份工作,就必须尽最大的努力完成。

__________ __________ you put your hand to the work, you must do your utmost to finish it.

9.你不应该仅仅因为一个人贫穷而瞧不起他。

You shouldn’t __________ __________ __________ a person just because he is poor.

10.大多数出色的律师和推销员都有劝说他人的天分。

Most of the best lawyers and salespeople really __________ __________ __________ __________ persuasion.

11.I __________ (true) feel sorry for your terrible loss.

12.The more he explained about it, the __________(bad) things got.

13.In China, kids are often compared __________ “the flowers of motherland”. (介词填空)

14.The workers of this factory are paid __________ the hour. (介词填空)

15.Mary likes the bedroom, from __________ window a beautiful lake can be seen.

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