If you're like a lot of married guys, you don't need to be reminded about men being from Mars or women from Venus. Chances are that you're all too familiar with the feeling that you and your wife are from different worlds. When married people start noticing their fundamental differences, it can lead to a breakdown in communication. The way to have a successful marriage is through communication, common ground and understanding. Here are some pointers to guide you in the right direction.
Rather than ending up in an endless back and forth, forget about the issue for a minute. Instead, think about how you feel she's acting toward you and ask her if that's how she feels about you. If you think she's being unfair, ask her if she thinks you're being unfair. Switching the focus to that shared feeling can help your wife see things from your point of view.
It's important to accept the fact that there's a two-way street between you and your wife. If you think she doesn't make enough of an effort to see things from your point of view, you have to ask yourself if you're making an effort to see it her way.
Realize nobody can wave a magic wand to make you and your wife completely understand each other all the time. Many couples have an extremely close friendship and do almost everything together before they're married. Once you've tied the knot, you may begin to notice that you're not as alike as you once thought.
It seems obvious, but some guys get fooled into thinking their wife will be as excited about all of their interests and hobbies as they are. Don't be surprised when you find out that she's not just like "one of the guys." Sooner or later you'll realize that she might be going along with some of your interests just to make you happy.
Rather than feel offended if you find out she's not as into your favorite hobby as you thought, appreciate the effort she put into making you happy. Swallow your pride and try to take part in some of her hobbies, too, even if you might be a little put off at first. While you're not going to be trying on makeup with her, you could try baking a recipe together.
If either of you is always giving everything and getting nothing in return, there's going to be bitterness. The best marriages are built on compromise. You knew you were going to have to give and take for your marriage to work; now it's time to make it happen

  1. 1.

    What is the best title of the text?

    1. A.
      How to manage your marriage
    2. B.
      How to make a good husband
    3. C.
      How to make a good wife
    4. D.
      How to get her to speak your language
  2. 2.

    The best subtitle of the 6th paragraph is ________

    1. A.
      Swallow your pride (at least sometimes)
    2. B.
      Find out her hobbies
    3. C.
      Don’t get offended
    4. D.
      Try to make up
  3. 3.

    Which of the following is not good for keeping a successful marriage?

    1. A.
      Focus on the feeling to get past the disagreement
    2. B.
      Don't play the blame game
    3. C.
      She won't always understand you (but that's OK)
    4. D.
      Try to understand each other all the way
  4. 4.

    According to the last paragraph, it’s important for the husband and wife to__________

    1. A.
      forgive and forget
    2. B.
      give and take
    3. C.
      live and let live
    4. D.
      get everything and return nothing
  5. 5.

    The underlined phrase in the 6th paragraph probably mean________

    1. A.
      delay sth
    2. B.
      arrange sth
    3. C.
      dislike sth
    4. D.
      worsen sth


Jack Andraka from Maryland won the grand prize at the 2012 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair. It is the largest high school science competition in the world. The Maryland teenager is the youngest winner of the $75,000 prize. He was chosen from among 1,500 students in 70 countries.Jack Andraka invented a test for pancreatic cancer （胰腺癌）. He started to learn it after losing a close family friend to the disease. “I went on the Internet and I found that 85%of all pancreatic cancers are found late, when someone has less than 2% chance of survival（生存）, ” he says, “and I was thinking,’ That’s not right. We should be able to do something.’” He found that early discovery is important to increasing the chances of surviving the disease.
The Maryland teenager asked to work in a laboratory at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore and was allowed. There he developed a simple paper test, which can recognize the disease in a single drop of blood. His test has proved correct 90% of the time. It also is 100 times more sensitive（敏感的）than other tests. “It costs 3 cents per test, and then it takes only 5 minutes to run,” he said.
Jack’s success wouldn’t have been possible without Anirban Maitra, a professor at Johns Hopkins. He was the only person among the 200 researchers Jack wrote to who showed interest in his project. “I was very surprised that this was a 15-year-old who was writing this. I wanted to meet this clever young man and see what he wanted to talk about and so I called him over for an interview（会面）. ”
Jack worked in Professor Maitra’s laboratory, completing his project in 7 months. The government has given the Maryland teenager patent rights（专利权）to the pancreatic cancer test. He is now talking with companies about developing the test into a simple product.
Whatever happens, the professor believes Jack Andraka’s name is one we will be hearing again over the next 10 to 20 years.

  1. 1.

    What made Jack Andraka research pancreatic cancer?

    1. A.
      A high school task
    2. B.
      A professor’s encouragement
    3. C.
      Losing a friend
    4. D.
      Doubts about the present test
  2. 2.

    Jack Andraka’s research on pancreatic cancer __________

    1. A.
      proved to be very successful
    2. B.
      was 100 times cheaper than other tests
    3. C.
      gave patients a 90% chance of survival
    4. D.
      was finished at the high school of Maryland
  3. 3.

    We can infer（推断）from the text that Jack Andraka __________

    1. A.
      left a deep impression on Professor Maitra
    2. B.
      was thought highly of by companies
    3. C.
      got support from others easily
    4. D.
      wasn’t afraid of failure
  4. 4.

    The underlined sentence in the last paragraph suggested Jack Andraka will __________

    1. A.
      become rich
    2. B.
      make contributions（贡献）continually
    3. C.
      get a good job
    4. D.
      make products to treat cancer
  5. 5.

    What’s the best title for the text?

    1. A.
      Intel International Science and Engineering Fair
    2. B.
      Jack Andraka’s Fights Against Cancer
    3. C.
      Research on Pancreatic Cancer
    4. D.
      Teenager Cancer Researcher

Twenty-three senior high school graduates of 1999 from Wuhan, Hubei Province, have recently left for Germany on a work-study program according to Xi’an Evening Newspaper.
They will study hotel management in Bavarian Hotel Management School for a year and then take up two-year practice in Germany. Upon graduation, they will also get diplomas (文凭) recognized internationally. During their two-year practice, they earn no less than 1 200 Deutsche Marks (德国马克) a month.
The program, organized by a company in Wuhan, aims at providing the city’s high school graduates with new job chances.
Applicants (申请者) must first pass an exam given by the German side and pay 180 000 yuan covering the three year’s study and living expenses in Germany. In spite of this, the program still attracted a lot of high school graduates and their parents. And applicants came in a continuous stream.
“The change for my child to go to college is small. What’s more, it’s not easy to find a job. We find the work-study program an equally good way out for him,” a parent said, “We don’t worry much about the high costs because the total income from the two-year-long practice will be quite enough to clear them.”

  1. 1.

    This text is mainly about _________

    1. A.
      a hotel management school in Bavarian, Germany
    2. B.
      students from Wuhan studying in Germany
    3. C.
      students going abroad on work-study program
    4. D.
      new job chances offered in Germany
  2. 2.

    Which of the following words best describes the parents of these 23 students?

    1. A.
      Wasteful
    2. B.
      Wise
    3. C.
      Sorry
    4. D.
      Worried
  3. 3.

    We can infer that these applicants found it hard ___________

    1. A.
      to go to college at home
    2. B.
      to pay for the cost
    3. C.
      to pass the test given by the Germans
    4. D.
      to get a job when they return home

Experts say the temperature in Eyjafjallajokull's hole appears to have fallen to 100C, meaning it is now producing steam, not magma（岩浆）.
But officials warned that it was too early to say whether the eruption was over completely.
Ash clouds from the volcano grounded thousands of flights last month.
Steinunn Jakobsdottir, a geophysicist from the Icelandic Meteorological Office, told the BBC that the volcano was "kind of not active for the moment".
"The history of the volcano is such that it calms down and then it gets energy again," she said.
"There are still earthquakes under the volcano, and the small earthquake is still not quite down to what it was before the eruption."
'Difficult to say'
Magnus Gudmundsson, of Iceland University, flew over the volcano on Sunday and said information from heat cameras showed the temperatures at the crater had fallen below 100C.
But he told the AFP news agency that nothing was promised and that the previous eruption at the volcano had lasted 13 months, from 1821-23.
"It stopped and started again several times with different intervals（间隔）, so it's difficult to say, difficult to give a timeline," he said.
He also said it was impossible to say whether the neighbouring Katla volcano - a much larger mountain - might also erupt.
At the height of its activity, the volcano sent out huge clouds of ash, which led to airlines grounding their planes for fear it could interfere with plane engines.
It was the biggest action of closing airspace in Europe since World War II, and affected at least 10 million passengers worldwide

  1. 1.

    What do expert think Eyjafjallajokull is like now?

    1. A.
      Magma is still coming out
    2. B.
      The hole appears about 100 degrees C
    3. C.
      The eruption was not over
    4. D.
      It is very cold
  2. 2.

    How do expects know the temperature in Eyjafjallajokull's hole?

    1. A.
      By taking photos
    2. B.
      By taking its temperature
    3. C.
      By going close to it
    4. D.
      By driving past it
  3. 3.

    What does Steinunn Jakobsdottir think of Eyjafjallajokull?

    1. A.
      It will erupt again soon
    2. B.
      It will be sleeping
    3. C.
      Another mountain might also erupt
    4. D.
      It’s uncertain
  4. 4.

    What do you think the main idea is?

    1. A.
      the biggest action of closing airspace in Europe
    2. B.
      the temperature in Eyjafjallajokull's hole
    3. C.
      The Eyjafjallajokull volcano in Iceland
    4. D.
      The earthquake in Iceland

As we all know, health food usually doesn’t ______ too much fat.


  1. A.
    include
  2. B.
    involve
  3. C.
    contain
  4. D.
    consist of

theirs


  1. A.
    thread
  2. B.
    smooth
  3. C.
    thirsty
  4. D.
    health

Though _____ my opinion ,my mother didn’t say anything to show that she stood by me.


  1. A.
    on
  2. B.
    in
  3. C.
    for
  4. D.
    of

-----Have you heard the amazing news?
-----But it _______ be true. Anyone with common sense won’t believe it


  1. A.
    mustn’t
  2. B.
    can’t
  3. C.
    may not
  4. D.
    shouldn’t

---This is the first time I ______my first picture with my own hands.
---It's time that you ______ a picture for me.


  1. A.
    took; will take
  2. B.
    have taken; took
  3. C.
    took; took
  4. D.
    will take; have taken

--- Excuse me, may I have a doggie bag?
--- ______, Madam. I’ll wrap it up for you.


  1. A.
    My pleasure
  2. B.
    Go ahead
  3. C.
    Come on
  4. D.
    No problem
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