Life is filled with challenges. As we get older we 26 realize that those challenges are the very things that  27  us and make us who we are, it is the same with the challenges that come with  28 .                                                   

       When we are faced with a challenge, we usually have two  29 : we can try to  30  it off, or we can decide that the thing presenting the challenge isn’t worth the  31  and call it quits. Although there are  32  times when calling it quits is the right thing to do, in most  33  all that is needed is commitment and  34 .

       When we are devoted to  35 , it means that no matter how  36  or how uncomfortable something is, we will always choose to  37  it instead of running away from it. Communication is making a  38  for discussion and talking about how you feel instead of just saying what the other person did wrong.  39  you can say to a friend, “I got my feelings hurt.”  40  “You hurt my feelings,” you are going to be able to solve the problem much faster.

       In dealing with many challenges that friendship will bring to you, try to see them for  41  they are: small hurdles(障碍) you need to jump or  42  on your way through life. Nothing is so big that it is impossible to get over, and hurt only  43  to make us stronger. It’s all part of growing up, it happens to everyone, and some day you will  44 on all of this and say, “ 45  as it was, it made me who I am today. And that is a good thing.”

A. seem to          B. come to            C. hope to             D. try to

A. design            B. promote         C. direct           D. shape

A. success         B. pressure        C. friendship       D. difficulty

A. opportunities B. expectations      C. choices          D. aspects

A. beat             B. show            C. take            D .fall

A. comment    B. loss               C. trouble          D. expense

A. hardly       B. certainly        C. consequently     D. exactly

A. issues        B. cases             C. events           D. affairs

A. communication B. confidence      C. courage            D. consideration

A. everything      B. anything        C. something       D. nothing

A. doubtful      B. shameful         C. harmful         D. painful

A. keep         B. control          C. face            D. catch

A. chance        B. plan             C. topic            D. room

A. If          B. As              C. While           D. Unless

A. other than     B. rather than       C. or rather         D. or else

A. what           B. who             C. where           D. which

A. pass by       B. come across      C. get through      D. run over

A. serves         B. means           C. aims           D. attempts

A. look into      B. look for         C. look out         D. look back

A. Interesting   B. Surprising       C. Complicated     D. Hard

Can you imagine traveling to work in a one-man submarine?

Scientists believe that someday one-man submarines will be as numerous as automobiles today. One says,  “One day soon,  men will walk on the ocean floor as they do on the street. ” Perhaps during your life time,  people will travel,  work and live under the sea.

Ships carrying oil and articles of trade will move beneath the ocean. Passenger ships will be built to travel underwater,  where storms cannot delay them or make people seasick. Special underwater ships will be designed for mining,  fishing,  and exploring unknown areas. For military use,  there may be submarines that can fly and then dive underwater to approach the battle area without being seen.

First, however, the human problems associated with living in the ocean will need to be studied in detail. Many of these problems are the same as the problems of living in outer space: pressure, lack of oxygen, and weightlessness. Already scientists have begun to study these problems.

In 1963 and 1964 scientists and navy divers lived and worked underwater for several days in two projects which were called Sealab Ⅰ and Sealab Ⅱ. The Sealab Ⅱ experiment kept the scientists and divers 215 feet below the surface for thirty days, studying marine biology,  temperature,  pressure,  currents,  and ocean bottom geology.

Many puzzling questions remain unanswered,  however. Man’s warm blood makes it difficult for him to live long in the sea without some kinds of warmth. Can our blood be changed to fit new water surroundings?  What will happen to our muscles if we live in the water very long?  Will they become soft away from our usual land existence?  Will bones become weak and our blood pressure change?  Scientists are searching for answers.

By studying plants and animals deep in the ocean,  scientists may find a cure for some of our most serious human diseases. We may learn to use plants to increase our world food supply. Engineers may learn to use the power of the sea by building huge walls to catch the force of the tides.

61. In the passage, the author is talking to us about the problems of______ .

A. pressure, lack of oxygen, and weightlessness in the sea

B. living, working below the ocean

C. underwater submarine

D. walking on the ocean floor

62. According to the author, in future, passenger ships might be the ones that can_______ .

A. be used for mining, fishing and exploring unknown areas

B. carry oil and articles of trade

C. travel underwater, not be affected by storm

D. fly and then dive underwater

63. Whether we live in the sea or in outer space, first of all we should think of______

A. health and food

B. safety and temperature

C. temperature and oxygen

D. pressure,  oxygen and gravity

64. Which of the following is TRUE?

A. Sealab I worked for more than thirty days below the surface.

B. Sealab Ⅱ worked for thirty days under the sea for exploring unknown areas.

C. Sealab Ⅱ kept the scientists over 200 feet below the surface,  studying temperature,  pressure and so on.

D. Sealab I and Sealab Ⅱ kept the scientists 215 feet below the surface for thirty days.

65. To become used to living in the sea, we should try to_______ .

A. increase the amount of our blood

B. keep our blood warm

C. soften our muscles

D. warm our bones

Not being able to fall asleep or stay asleep is not a disorder in itself but a sign of some other problems, often a physical one.
If you have trouble sleeping, the American Sleep Disorders Association suggests that, for a week or two, you put down the time you go to bed, get up, exercise, and drink coffee, tea or wine.  The purpose is to find the habits that may affect your sleep.
Then:
a.      Don’t drink coffee in the six hours before going to bed.
b.      Stop smoking and drinking at bedtime.
c.      Don’t sleep during the day.
d.      Go to bed at the same time every night.  Set your alarm clock for the same time every morning and get up at that time, whether or not you sleep well.
e.      Use the bedroom only for sleep.  Read, watch TV, eat and talk elsewhere.
f.       Take sleeping pills according to your doctor’s directions and don’t take them for longer than three weeks at a time.
g.      If you haven’t fallen asleep within 15 minutes of going to bed, don’t turn over worrying about it.  Get up and read or watch TV until you are sleepy, then return to bed.
If you continue to have trouble sleeping, ask your doctor for help or go to a sleep-disorders center.
【小题1】 According to the passage, there is probably        if you are not able to fall 
asleep or stay asleep.

A.a bad way of sleepingB.a disorder in sleep
C.a physical reasonD.a problem caused by the brain
【小题2】If you have trouble sleeping, you should try to ______.
A.ask a doctor for help or go to a sleep-disorders center
B.put down the time you do things every day
C.do more physical exercise
D.find out the cause first
【小题3】According to the passage, which of the following would be the best way to help you sleep well?
A.Taking some sleeping pills every day.
B.Reading books before you go to bed.
C.Setting your alarm clock at night.
D.Forming good living habits.
【小题4】The author writes this article in order to ______.
A.tell us not being able to fall asleep is a serious disease
B.provide us with some suggestions on sleep problem
C.persuade us not to go to see the doctors when we are ill
D.help the American Sleep Disorders Association to find the causes of not being able to fall sleep

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