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Little as he is, Tom, like his parents, ________ others who are in need．

A.
is always helping
B.
has always helped
C.
are always helping
D.
have always helped

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Communicating with negative (消极的 ) people can wash your happiness. It may not change what you think, but communicating long enough with them will make you feel depressed for a moment or a long time.
Life brings ups and downs, but some people are stuck in the wrong idea that life has no happiness to offer. They only feel glad when they make others feel bad. No wonder they can hardly win other’s pity or respect.
When you communicate with positive people, your spirits stay happy and therefore more positive things are attracted. When the dagger (匕首)of a negative person is put in you, you feel the heavy feeling that all in all, brings you down.
Sometimes we have no choice but to communicate with negative people. This could be a co-worker, or relative. In this case, say what needs to be said as little as possible. Sometimes it feels good to let out your anger back to negative person, but all this is to lower you to that same negative level and they won’t feel ashamed of themselves about that.
Negativity often affects happiness without even being realized. The negative words of another at the start of the day can cling to (附着)you throughout the rest of your day, which makes you feel bad and steals your happiness. Life is too short to feel negative. Stay positive and avoid negativity as much as possible.
【小题1】The purpose of the first paragraph is to _______.

A．make a comparison	B．introduce a topic
C．offer an evidence	D．describe a daily scene

【小题2】How can negative people have effect on us?

A．By telling us the nature of life.	B．By changing our way of thinking.
C．By comparing their attitude to life with ours.	D．By influencing our emotion.

【小题3】Some negative people base their happiness on _______.

A．other people’s pity for them	B．making other people unhappy
C．building up a positive attitude	D．other people’s respect for them

【小题4】According to the passage, to reduce negative people’s influence on us, we are advised________.

A．to communicate with negative people as little as possible

B．to change negative people’s attitude to life

C．to show our dissatisfaction to negative people

D．to make negative people feel ashamed of themselves

【小题5】What can we learn about negativity?

A．Its effect can last.

B．Its effect can be completely avoided.

C．It hardly happens among family members.

D．Its effect is smaller than the effect created by a positive person.

Sunny countries are often poor. A shame, then, that solar power is still quite expensive. Eight19, a British company by Cambridge University, has, however, invented a novel way to get round this. In return for a deposit of around $10 it is supplying poor Kenyan families with a solar cell able to generate 2.5 watts of electricity, a battery that can deliver a three amp（安培） current to store this electricity, and a lamp whose bulb is a light-emitting diode（二极管）. The firm thinks that this system, once the battery is fully charged, is enough to light two small rooms and to power a mobile-phone charger for seven hours. Then, next day, it can be put outside and charged back up again.
The trick is that, to be able to use the electricity, the system's keeper must buy a scratch card—for as little as a dollar—on which is printed a reference number. The keeper sends this reference, plus the serial number of the household solar unit, by SMS to Eight19. The company's server will respond automatically with an access code to the unit.
Users may consider that they are paying an hourly rate for their electricity. In fact, they are paying off the cost of the unit. After buying around $80 worth of scratch cards—which Eight19 expects would take the average family around 18 months—the user will own it. He will then have the option of continuing to use it for nothing, or of trading it in for a bigger one, perhaps driven by a 10-watt solar cell.
In that case, he would go then through the same process again, paying off the additional cost of the upgraded kit at a slightly higher rate. Users would therefore increase their electricity supply steadily and affordably.
According to Eight19's figures, this looks like a good deal for customers. The firm believes the average energy-starved Kenyan spends around $10 a month on oil—enough to fuel a couple of smoky lamps—plus $2 on charging his mobile phone in the market-place. Regular users of one of Eight19's basic solar units will spend around half that, before owning it completely. Meanwhile, as the cost of solar technology falls, it should get even cheaper.
【小题1】The underlined word “get round” in the first paragraph can be replaced by _______ .

【小题2】What should the user do when the electricity in the battery is used up?

A．Buy a scratch card.	B．Recharge it outside.
C．Buy another solar cell.	D．Return it to the company.

【小题3】How much would users pay for the cell and scratch cards before they own a 2.5-watt solar cell?

【小题4】It can be inferred from the last paragraph that ____________.

A．Kenyan families would find it difficult to afford the solar cell

B．using the solar cell would help Kenyan families save money

C．few Kenyan families use mobile phones for lack of electricity

D．the company will make a great profit from selling solar cells

【小题5】What might be the most suitable title for the passage?

A．Solar Energy: Starting from Scratch.

B．Eight19: a creative British Company.

C．Kenyan Families: Using Solar Energy for Free.

D．Poor Countries: Beginning to Use Solar Energy.

The Oxford Mal, England
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Jules’ Undersea Lodge, United States
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Rates: From US$400
Das Park Hotel, Austria
Stay overnight in a concrete sewer pipe on the banks of the River Danube.
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La Balade Des Gnomes, Belgium
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Rates: From ?115 (US$170) per double
【小题1】Das Park Hotel is different from the other hotels in that __________.

A．it is underwater	B．you decide the pay
C．it used to be a prison	D．it is not in Europe

【小题2】If you want to experience the life on the moon, most probably you will choose to stay in __________.

A．Jules’ Undersea Lodge, United States	B．La Balade Des Gnomes, Belgium
C．Das Park Hotel, Austria	D．The Oxford Mal, England

【小题3】If Mr. and Mrs Smith put up at the Oxford Mal for one night and have breakfast there, they will have to pay at least _____________.

Remembering your dreams will require some efforts on your part. But what your dreams can offer and tell you about yourself will be well worth it . Here are some tips to help recall your dreams:

1. Before going to bed, keep a clear mind. Tell yourself that “I will remember my dreams when I wake up”. This is actually a proven and effective way to recall your dreams.

2. Have a regular bedtime and wake-up time. Make this your routine. Going to bed and waking up at a regular time every day could aid in dream recollection.

3. Avoid alcohol consumption and taking medicine before going to bed. These things may prevent you from remembering your dreams.

4. Keep a pencil and a notebook next to your bed so that they will be within reach as soon as you wake up. Having a small lamp by your bedside is also a good idea, so you wake up in the middle of the night and can record your dreams immediately.

5. Do not get out of bed immediately. Upon waking from a dream, lie still in your bed, keeping your eyes closed and moving as little as possible. Let your mind wander among the images of what you have just dreamed.

6. Write down as many details in your dreams as you can, no matter how seemingly unimportant they may be. Do not judge the content or worry if they make sense.

Sometimes it may help to draw pictures. A picture is worth a thousand words, as the saying goes. Even if you are not an artist, a simple drawing can help to recall details of your dreams.

1.This passage tells you ______ .

A. some useful tips to recall your dreams B. the way to dream a dream

C. the reason to remember dreams D. many details in your dreams

2.Which of the following ways may NOT be useful for recalling dreams?

A. Avoiding taking alcohol and medicine. B. Not getting out of bed immediately.

C. Drinking a cup of hot milk. D. Writing down as many details as possible.

3.What does the underlined “it” in the first paragraph mean?

A. Remembering your dreams. B. Some tips to help recall your dreams.

C. Your making efforts to remember your dreams.

D. What your dreams can offer and tell you about yourself.

4.The author uses the saying “A picture is worth a thousand words” to_______.

A. show that a picture is better than words B. say a picture is equal to thousands of words

C. prove that it’s more important to draw pictures than to speak

D. indicate drawing pictures really helps to recall dreams

On November 19, 1863, Abraham Lincoln went to Gettysburg to speak at the National Soldiers Cemetery（公墓）. The Civil War was still going on. There was much criticism (批评) of President Lincoln at the time. He had been invited to speak at Gettysburg only out of politeness. The other speaker was to be Edward Everett, a famous statesman (政治家) and speaker of the day. Everett was a handsome man and very popular everywhere.

It is said that Lincoln prepared his speech on the train while going to Gettysburg. Later that night, alone in his hotel room and tired out, he again worked briefly on the speech. The next day Everett spoke first. His speech lasted an hour and 57 minutes and it was a perfect example of the day. Then Lincoln rose. The crowd of 15,000 people at first paid little attention to him. He spoke for only nine minutes. At the end there was little applause（掌声）. Lincoln turned to a friend and said, “I have failed again.”

Some newspapers at first criticized (批评) the speech. But little by little, as people read the speech, they began to like its simplicity（简洁）and its deep meaning. It was a speech which only Abraham Lincoln could have made.

Now everyone thinks of it as one of the greatest speeches ever given in American history.

1. In 1863, Abraham Lincoln was __________________ in Gettysburg.

A．warmly welcomed

B．unpopular

C．greatly praised

D．very polite

2.Lincoln was invited to speak at the National Soldiers Cemetery because he was __________.

A．a famous speaker of the day	B．very handsome and polite
C．President of the United States at the time	D．a popular statesman

3. It can be inferred from the text that __________________________________.

A．Lincoln had prepared his speech very carefully before he went to Gettysburg

B．Lincoln was very busy at the time and didn’t have much time to prepare his speech

C．Lincoln’s speech seemed to be a failure for the first time

D．Lincoln’s speech was a little shorter than Everett’s one

4.Lincoln’s speech was __________________.

A．an immediate success	B．not accepted at all
C．a total failure	D．not well-received at first

5.Which of the following statements is NOT TRUE?

A．Lincoln’s speech has deep meaning though it is simple in style.

B．Neither Lincoln’s speech nor Everett’s was popular then.

C．Lincoln’s speech proved to be a great success later.

D．Everett’s speech was thought to be perfect at that time.

Little as he is, Tom, like his parents, ________ others who are in need．

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