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Roberta appeared on the stage. She took a deep breath and began to 【1】 . Now she was Portia, a strong-willed 【2】 in Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice. The theater was filled with people. She was speaking with a power she had never before experienced, the words flowing 【3】 from her. 【4】 ，Roberta had never acted in her life before the audition(选拔试演）. She 【5】 being in front of other people. She was very 【6】 at school. She had never thought she was good enough at anything to 【7】 much attention. She stayed mostly to herself, making 【8】 friends. She had excellent grades, 【9】 she always thought that something was missing.

Two weeks before the audition, Roberta's mother had heard about it and _ 【10】 her to join in.

“I can't think of anyone else better suited to 【11】 the part. Remember all the plays you used to act out for us?" Roberta looked down. “I’m not interested.” Her mother wouldn't let the 【12】 drop. " You're just a little scared(害怕）. Everyone gets scared. You know you 【13】 do it. The trick is to look past the 【14】 to find the love of what you're doing. "

So Roberta had made an appointment(预约）with the head of the Drama Club. She had read the play and found herself excited by the 【15】 of speaking such rich words. In secret she practiced Portia's part, 【16】 the lines by repeating them over and over. It wasn't hard, she 【17】 every minute of it. Every time she spoke the words, she had a new 【18】 of the lines, as if Shakespeare had written Portia on many levels.

On the day of the audition, she 【19】 two of Portia's famous speeches for the auditors. When she had finished, the head of the Drama Club announced the 【20】 was hers.

A. singB. danceC. speak D. report

A. memberB. actressC. player D. character

A. weaklyB. rapidlyC. smoothlyD. slowly

A. At firstB. In factC. After allD. In all

A. hatedB. enjoyedC. appreciatedD. regretted

A. honestB. shyC. polite D. patient

A. avoidB. focusC. pay D. attract

A. fewB. a fewC. several D. many

A. orB. soC. for D. but

A. forcedB. requestedC. encouragedD. reminded

A. acceptB. playC. offer D. learn

A. roleB. matterC. interestD. grade

A. canB. mustC. may D. should

A. angerB. painC. sadness D. fear

A. purposeB. wayC. ideaD. importance

A. memorizingB. organizing C. checking D. improving

A. disliked B. loved C. expected D. bore

A.consideration B. Description C. selectionD. understanding

A. practicedB. plannedC. performedD. delivered

A. partB. playC. speech D. Position

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Your relationship with your partner may end due to several reasons. It's a stressful and unpleasant situation. As your loving and caring partner isn't with you, you may feel lonely and helpless. How-ever, keep in mind that it isn't the end of happiness in your life. There are so many interesting things that you can enjoy. You can overcome a breakup (破裂）and take pleasure in life by trying different ways.

Immediately after the breakup, give yourself some time to drain(排除）out your emotions. During this period, you may cry, howl in anger or grieve (悲伤）for the unfair treatment that you received from your partner. Let all painful emotions drain out of you.

Don't frequently recollect the pleasant or sad moments from the past. Avoid looking at the mementos of your former relationship. Don't only blame your partner for what has happened. Try to find out your mistakes. Think about improving yourself, which will be helpful for your future relationships. Engage yourself in your work or in social activities. Get involved in your favorite hobby.

Your family members and friends are the backbone that will support you in your toughest times. You can share your feelings and problems with them in order to get their support. Enjoy picnics and outings with them. Don't often talk about your past.

You need to change your attitude in order to overcome a relationship breakup. You should have a positive approach towards your life. Don't take it as a total failure. Try to change your lifestyle and take another chance. Try to find the person who can bring about positive changes in your life.

Don't get frustrated and disappointed due to a breakup. A cheerful and hopeful future is still waiting for you. This can give you a new chance to enjoy your life.

【1】 Which of the following is mainly discussed in the passage?

A. The disadvantages of a breakup.

B. The causes of a breakup.

C. Tips for overcoming a breakup.

D. The ways to build a good relationship.

【2】 According to the passage, a breakup _________

A. is caused by a stressful and unpleasant situation

B. is a new start for you to take pleasure in life

C. is not a failure at all

D. means a possible end of happiness in life

【3】 In order to overcome your grief caused by a relationship break-up, you should _________.

A. ask a doctor for help

B. keep yourself busy

C. only recall past pleasant moments

D. share your future plans with your parents

【4】 Which of the following is the wrong way to overcome a relation-ship breakup?

A. Drain out your painful emotions as soon as possible.

B. Seldom discuss your past with your family members.

C. Treat your life in a positive and optimistic way.

D. Never blame your partner for the breakup.

【5】 The passage is most probably taken from _________.

A. an advertisement

B. a scientific report

C. a book about health

D. a magazine about lifestyle

【题目】PE will be part of the high school graduation examinations. __________, you will have to be strong and healthy graduate.

A. After all

B. As a matter of fact

C. In other words

D. What's more

【题目】You may not pay much attention to your daily elevator ride. Many of us use a lift several times during the day without really thinking about it. But Lee Gray, PhD, of the University of North Carolina, US, has made it his business to examine this overlooked form of public transport. He is known as the “Elevator Guy”.

“The lift becomes this interesting social space where etiquette（礼仪）is sort of strange,” Gray told the BBC. “They are socially very interesting but often very awkward places.”

We walk in and usually turn around to face the door. If someone else comes in, we may have to move. And here, according to Gray, liftusers unthinkingly go through a set pattern of movements. He told the BBC what he had observed.

He explained that when you are the only one inside a lift, you can do whatever you want – it’s your own little box.

If there are two of you, you go into different corners, standing diagonally（对角线地）across from each other to create distance.

When a third person enters, you will unconsciously form a triangle. And when there is a fourth person it becomes a square, with someone in every corner. A fifth person is probably going to have to stand in the middle.

New entrants to the lift will need to size up the situation when the doors slide open and then act decisively. Once in, for most people the rule is simple – look down, or look at your phone.

Why are we so awkward in lifts?

“You don’t have enough space,” Professor Babette Renneberg, a clinical psychologist at the Free University of Berlin, told the BBC. “Usually when we meet other people we have about an arm’s length of distance between us. And that’s not possible in most elevators.”

In such a small, enclosed space it becomes very important to act in a way that cannot be construed（理解）as threatening or strange. “The easiest way to do this is to avoid eye contact,” she said.

The underlined phrase “size up” in Paragraph 7 is closest in meaning to _______.

A. judge B. ignore

C. put up with D. make the best of

【题目】Peter's jacket looked just the same as Jack's, but it cost __________ his.

A. as much twice as

B. twice as much as

C. much as twice as

D. as twice much as

【题目】They tell us when to get up or when we’re running late for work and whether we are in danger of missing our favourite TV programme. But while our daily routines rely on clocks that tell us the time, science is discovering that our well-being is influenced by a very different kind of timepiece. Circadian rhythms---the human body’s own internal clock---have a powerful influence on our health and behaviour. They are programmed from birth and control functions ranging from temperature and blood pressure to sleep patterns.

In recent years researchers have also discovered that this built-in mechanism can influence everything from the way we react to medicines to how well we learn music.

The latest example, from experts at Harvard University in the US, shows that the human body clock can even dictate whether or not we are likely to tell the truth. Researchers found it was easier for people to fib（撒小谎） in the afternoon because, as they were tired, the self control that would normally prevent them from lying started to break down. Tiredness made it harder to resist the temptation to tell lies---especially if it meant they got a financial reward at the end.

“The body clock has a great effect on us all,” says Professor Jim Horne from the Sleep Research Centre at Loughborough University. “Most people tend to feel good around late morning and then decline in the early afternoon. But the time most of us will feel our sharpest is between 6pm and 8pm. That’s because sleepiness tends to build up throughout the day. By early evening our body clock kicks in to wake us up. One reason may be to ensure we get home safely. When our ancestors were coming home after hunting all day their internal clocks kicked in to get them home in one piece.”

So what effects do circadian rhythms have and what’s the best time of day to take advantage of them?

The underlined word “They” in the first paragraph refers to .

A. our clocksB. scientists and experts

C. our daily routinesD. circadian rhythms

【题目】Nine years ago, after Leo had died, people said to me. "I never knew he was your stepfather." You see, I never called him that. At first, he was no one special in my life. Then he became my friend. In time, I felt he was also my father.

Leo married my mother when I was eleven. Two years later we moved into a house in a new suburban development, where we put down roots. At first our lawn was just a mud with wild grass, but Leo saw bright possibilities. "We'll plant trees there to give us shade as well as some flowers," he said. And just these little touches made our house different from all the others. More important, a real family was forming. Leo was becoming a full-time parent, and I was learning what it meant to have a father.

Weekday mornings when the weather was bad, Leo often drove me to school. Having a father drop you off may have been something my classmates took for granted, but I always thought it was wonderful. Saturday mornings, we went to the hardware shop, then stepped into the five-and-ten, buying a sports magazine or something else. Some people might think that doing shopping together is nothing special, but I, who had ever before spent my childhood watching other families do their everyday activities, experienced them now with extreme delight. Looking back, I realized that Leo gave me what I needed most—the experience of doing ordinary things together as a family.

Soon after we moved to the suburbs, one of our new neighbors introduced herself to me. She had already met my mother and Leo. "You know," she said, "you look just like your father." I knew she was just making conversation--but even so... "Thank you", I said. Why tell her anything different?

The phrase “put down roots”in the second paragraph means _______.

A．farmed B．planted C．settled D．worked

【题目】I was trying to sound __________ even when I was very nervous while I was making the speech.

A. active

B. fluent

C. calm

D. peaceful

【题目】He will come to understand your efforts sooner or later. It's just a matter of __________.

A. luck

B. value

C. time

D. fact

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When asked about happiness, we usually think of something extraordinary, an absolute delight, which seems to get rarer the older we get.

For kids, happiness has a magical quality. Their delight at winning a race or getting a new bike is unreserved(毫无掩饰的).

In the teenage years the concept of happiness changes. Suddenly it's conditional on such things as excitement, love and popularity. I can still recall the excitement of being invited to dance with the most attractive boy at the school party.

In adulthood the things that bring deep joy—love, marriage, birth—also bring responsibility and the risk of loss. For adults, happiness is complicated (复杂的）.

My definition of happiness is “the capacity for enjoyment “. The more we can enjoy what we have, the happier we are. It's easy to overlook the pleasure we get from the company of friends, the freedom to live where we please, and even good health.

I experienced my little moments of pleasure yesterday. First I was overjoyed when I shut the last lunch-box and had the house to myself. Then I spent an uninterrupted morning writing, which I love. When the kids and my husband came home, I enjoyed their noise after the quiet of the day.

Psychologists tell us that to be happy we need a mix of enjoy-able leisure time and satisfying work. I don't think that my grand-mother, who raised 14 children, had much of either. She did have a network of close friends and family, and maybe this is what satisfied her.

We, however, with so many choices and such pressure to succeed in every area, have turned happiness into one more thing we've got to have. We're so self-conscious about our “right “to it that it's making us miserable. So we chase it and equal it with wealth and success, without noticing that the people who have those things aren't necessarily happier.

Happiness isn't about what happens to us—it's about how we see what happens to us. It's the skillful way of finding a positive for every negative. It's not wishing for what we don't have, but enjoying what we do possess.

【1】 As people grow older, they _________.

A. feel it harder to experience happiness

B. associate their happiness less with others

C. will take fewer risks in pursuing happiness

D. tend to believe responsibility means happiness

【2】 What can we learn about the author from Paragraphs 5 and 6?

A. She cares little about her own health.

B. She enjoys the freedom of traveling.

C. She is easily pleased by things in daily life.

D. She prefers getting pleasure from housework.

【3】 What can be inferred from Paragraph 7?

A. Psychologists think satisfying work is key to happiness.

B. Psychologists' opinion is well proved by Grandma's case.

C. Grandma often found time for social gatherings.

D. Grandma's happiness came from modest expectations of life.

【4】 People who equal happiness with wealth and success _________.

A. consider pressure something blocking their way

B. stress their right to happiness too much

C. are at a loss to make correct choices

D. are more likely to be happy

【5】 What can be concluded from the passage?

A. Happiness lies between the positive and the negative.

B. Each man is the master of his own fate.

C. Success leads to happiness.

D. Happy is he who is content.