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The Chinese New Year is now known as the Spring Festival because it starts from the beginning of spring. Though there are some sayings about its origin
（起源）, all agree that the word Nian, which in modem Chinese means“year”, was originally the name of a beast（野兽）that started to eat people the night before the beginning of a new year.One story goes that the beast Nian had a very big mouth that would eat a great many people at one time. People were very afraid. One day, an old man came to their help and said he would stop all this. To Nian he said,
“I hear that you are very strong, but can you eat up all the beasts on earth instead of people who are too weak to be your enemy（敌人）? ”“Yes,”Nian agreed with him and went to kill many of the beasts on earth. People were very happy because those beasts also did bad things to people and killed their farm animals from time to time.After that, the old man, who was a god
（神）, rode on the beast Nian and left. Nian was gone, and other beasts also went into forests; people began to enjoy their happy life. Before the old man left, he had told people to put up red paper-cuts on their windows and doors at each year's end to drive Nian away, because red is the colour the beast felt most afraid of.From then on, every year at the beginning of spring, people
“Guo Nian”. The word“Guo Nian”means“Go through the Nian safely”. Putting up red paper-cuts to drive Nian away and making dumplings for a better new year are still an every-year doing by the Chinese people. However（但是）, people today have long forgotten why they are doing all this, they just feel that the colour and the food make the New Year very enjoyable.(1) How did the old man stop Nian from eating people?
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．By putting red paper-cuts on windows.B
．By eating up beasts.C
．By talking to him.D
．By riding on him.(2) Why did people put up red paper-cuts instead of those of any other colours?
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．Because Nian liked the colour red.B
．Because the colour red could kill Nian.C
．Because the old man liked the colour red.D
．Because Nian was afraid of the colour red.(3) The best title of this passage is ________.
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．The Origin of the Chinese New YearB
．The Old Man and the Beast NianC
．How to Go through the Nian SafelyD
．What Nian Was Like(4) Which of the following is TRUE?
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．Nian can eat up all the beasts on earth at one time.B
．Nian is a tall beast that likes to eat farm animals.C
．Nian is afraid of paper-cuts.D
．Nian doesn't like to use his own mind. 查看习题详情和答案>>
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to read rapidly. Perhaps you have been told about some habits which keep a person from reading fast and have
been strongly asked to break those which you might have.
Do you still have any of these bad habits? Check yourself by answering "yes" or "no" to these questions.
(1) Do you move your lips (嘴唇) when reading silently?
(2) Do you point to words with your finger as you read?
(3) Do you move your head from side to side as you read?
(4) Do you read one word at a time?
If you answer "yes" to any of these questions, start at once to break the habit. If you move your lips, hold
your fingers over them, or hold a piece of paper between your lips while you are reading. Then if your lips
move, you will know it and can stop them.
If you point to words, hold the two sides of your book, one side with your left hand, the other side with
your right hand. Then you won't have a free finger to use in pointing while reading. If you move your head,
place your chin (下巴)in one hand and hold your head still (静止不动的).
If you read no more than one or two three words at a time, you need to work very hard in learning to take
in more words at each glance (一瞥) as your eyes travel across the lines of words.
Even if you do rather fast now, you can learn to read even faster. As you probably have been told, the fast
reading is to take in whole groups of words as each glance. Read in thought groups and force (强迫) your eyes
along the lines of words as fast as you can make them go. Anyone who practices doing these things will be able
to read faster.
B. to feel whether your lips move or not
C. to hold a piece of paper between them
D. to keep yourself from talking to others
B. don't hold your books with your hands
C. don't stand up near a desk
D. don't use your finger to point to words
B. you can write faster
C. you can understand better
D. you can read less in more time
B. have
C. get rid of (消除)
D. keep
B. Breaking the bad habits
C. Reading rules
D. Ways to read less in more time
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It was Sunday. I had one last patient to see. I came close to her room in a hurry and stood at the doorway.
She was an older woman, sitting at the edge of the bed, trying to put socks on her swollen(肿大的) feet. I
spoke quickly to the nurse, saw her chart saying she was in stable(稳定的) condition. I was almost in the
clear.
She asked if I could help put on her socks. Instead, I began a long speech that went something like this:
" How are you feeling? Your blood sugar and blood pressure (血压)were high but they're better today. The
nurse said you can't wait to see your son who's visiting you today. It's nice to have a family visit from far
away. I'm sure you really look forward to seeing him. "
She stopped me with a serious voice. " Sit down, doctor. This is my story, not your story. "
I was surprised and ashamed. I sat down. I helped her with the socks. She began to tell me that her only
son lived around the corner from her, but she had not seen him in five years. She believed that the pressure of
this caused greatly to her health problems. After hearing her story and putting on her socks, I asked if there
was anything else I could do for her. She shook her head and smiled. All she wanted me to do was to listen.
Listening to someone's story costs less than expensive diagnostic(诊断的) testing but is key to healing
(痊愈).
I often thought of what that woman taught me the importance of stopping, sitting down and truly listening.
And, not long after, unexpectedly, I became the patient, with a diagnosis of sclerosis(硬化症) at age 31. Now,
20 years later, I sit all the time in a wheelchair.
For as long as I could, I continued to see patients from my chair, but I had to give up my job when my
hands were influenced. I still teach medical students and other health care professionals, but now from the view
of doctor and patient.
I tell them I believe in the power( 力量) of listening. I tell them I know firsthand that huge healing takes place within me when someone stops, sits down and listens to my story.
B. I was about to finish my work.
C. I almost made myself understood.
D. I was very quickly out of her sight.
B. refused to listen to the doctor
C. liked giving orders to people
D. could not wait to break in
B. An Unforgettable Experience
C. A Lesson Given by a Patient
D. Care—a Key to Treatment .