We all, at one time or another, have pretended to be a rock star, singing and dancing along to our favorite song. Most of us have done this in the privacy of our own room when we were kids and as adults, in the privacy of our homes. Me? I love to do that when I drive! I turn on the radio, find a song that I can sing along too and pretty soon my arms are in the air and I am moving along to the rhythm. Most of the time, I do this on my way to work.

         Yes, that is true, I will be in my nice work clothes, jamming while driving or stopped at a traffic light I get weird（古怪的）looks from some people and others laugh. Personally, I love to get lost in the rhythm of a song which leads me to share with you the importance of being silly!

         The definition for the word silly, according to the dictionary is: stupid, foolish and nonsensical. I know many people do not want to look foolish. So they walk around all serious, which in all honesty, is foolish!

         No one is perfect, I repeat: no one is perfect. I don't care how educated, how thin, how beautiful, how simple, how frugal （节俭的）, how rich, and so on...No one is perfect! So why pretend to be something you are not?

       Life is so short. You never know when this beautiful journey will be over, so why waste a single second on being so full of rigidity（呆板）? Here is a quote by Souza, that I think says it all and is a great recipe for life:

         "Dance as though no one is watching you,

         Love as though you have never been hurt before,

         Sing as though no one can hear you,

         Live as though heaven is on earth."

         When we were kids, we had no idea of what limitations were and we had no care in the world so we could do things without worrying about how we appeared to others. However, as we grew up, we lost that childlike innocence.

         So don't lose the child that still lives within you. The next time you feel down, go turn on your favorite song, and sing and dance along like there is no tomorrow or watch something that makes you laugh. Laughter is the best medicine to whatever ails （使……痛苦） you and nothing is better than laughing so hard that your stomach hurts. Trust me, you will feel a whole lot better, and who doesn't want to feel good?              

1.According to the text, what does the writer usually do?

A. He repeats the words of songs.

B. He sings songs on his way to work.

C. He dances in his own home.

D. He shares music with other drivers.

2.What does the writer think of the people who look very serious?

A. They are honest. B. They are educated.        C. They are perfect.           D. They are foolish.

3.The writer quotes Souza to show that____.

A. life is a beautiful journey B. life is full of rigidity

C. life is to be treasured D. life is a great recipe

4.Which of the following would be the best title for the text?

A. The Innocence of Being a Child       B. The Importance of Being Silly

C. No One Is Perfect                       D. Life Is Short

D
The clock struck eleven at night. The whole house was quiet. Everyone was in bed except me. Under the strong light， I looked sadly before me at a huge pile of that troublesome stuff（东西） they call “books”.
I was going to have my examination the next day.  “When can I go to bed？” I asked myself. I didn’t answer. In fact I dared not.
The clock struck twelve.“ Oh， dear！” I cried. “Ten more books to read before I can go to bed！” We pupils are the most wretched creatures in the world. Dad does not agree with me on this. He did not have to work so hard when he was a boy.
The clock struck one. I was quite desperate（绝望的） now. I forgot all I had learned. I was too tired to go on. I did the only thing I could. I prayed， “Oh， God， please help me pass the exam tomorrow. I do promise to work hard afterwards， Amen.” My eyes were so heavy that I could hardly open them. A few minutes later， with my head on the desk， I fell asleep.
53. When the author was going over his lessons，all the others in the house were ________ .
A. asleep   B. outside   C. working in bed     D. quietly laughing at him
54. Reviewing his lessons didn‘t help him because _______    .
A. it was too late at night   
B. he was very tired
C. his eyes lids were so heavy that he couldn’t keep them open
D. he hadn’t studied hard before the examination
55. What do you suppose happened to the author？
A. He went to a church to pray again    B. He passed the exam in luck
C. He failed in the exam              D. He was punished by his teacher
56. The best title for the passage would be __________ .
A. The Night Before the Examination    B. Working Far into the Night
C. A Slow Student                   D. Going Over My Lessons

It is obvious that doctors recognize obesity as a health problem. So why is it so hard for them to talk to their patients about it?

    The results of two surveys, one of primary care physicians and the other of patients, found that while most doctors want to help patients lose weight and think it is their responsibility to do so, they often don’t know what to say.

    “So while doctors may tell patients they are overweight, the conversation often ends there,” said Christine C. Ferguson, director of the Stop Obesity Alliance. “Patients are not told about the possibility of diabetes (糖尿病),” she said. “And doctors don’t feel they have good information to give. They felt that they didn’t have adequate tools to address this problem.

    The lack of dialogue hurts patients, too. The patient survey, of over 1,000 adults, found that most overweight patients don’t even know that they’re too heavy. Only 39 percent of overweight people surveyed had ever been told by a health care provider that they were overweight.

Of those who were told they were obese, 90 percent were also told by their doctors to lose weight, the survey found. In fact most have tried to lose weight and may have been successful in the past—and many are still trying, the survey found. And many understand that losing even a small amount of weight can have a positive impact on their health and reduce their risk of obesity­related diseases like hypertension and diabetes.

Dr. William Bestermann Jr., medical director of Holston Medical Group, in Kingsport, Tenn. , which ranks the 10th in obesity among metropolitan areas in the United States, said the dialogue had to be an ongoing one and could not be dropped after just one mention of the problem. “If you’re to be successful with helping your patients lose weight, you have to talk to them at actually every visit about their progress, and find something to encourage them and coach them,” he said.

He acknowledged that many doctors tend to be not optimistic.

“Part of this is that there's this common belief, and doctors are burdened by it, too, that overweight people are weak-willed and just don’t have any willpower and are self­indulgent and all that business,” he said. “If you think that way, you’re not going to spend time having a productive conversation.”

1.What is the Stop Obesity Alliance most probably in Paragraph 3?

A. An organization of doctors suffering from obesity.

B. An organization of patients suffering from obesity.

C. A research group that conducts special surveys about overweight people.

D. A research group dealing with doctor-patient relationship.

2.How many of the patients surveyed have been advised by their doctors to lose weight?

A. About 350.                           B. About 390.

C. About 900.                           D. About 1,000.

3.What can be inferred about obesity patients in Paragraph 5?

    A. They are not as hopeless as doctors think they are.

    B. Most of them have tried hard to lose weight, but in vain.

C. Without their doctors’ constant coaching, there is little chance of their succeeding in losing weight.

    D. Most of them have just given up their hope of becoming less heavy.

4.According to the passage, which factor contributes to the lack of dialogue between doctors and patients?

    A. Most doctors never think of warning their patients about their weight problem.

    B. Many doctors find it difficult to persuade overweight people to lose weight.

    C. Most patients are too weak-willed to do anything about their weight.

    D. Many patients tend not to trust their doctors about their weight problem.

5.Which of the following is the best title of the passage?

    A. Obesity in the U. S.                

B. Trouble of overweight Americans.

    C. Talk more, help better.             

D. Doctors or patients---who to bear more blame?[

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A rich man was near death and was very upset．He had worked so hard for his money1._______ he dreamt he could take it with him to heaven．So he2._______ (祈祷)to God his dream would come true．

An angel appeared and said no．The man begged the angel to speak to God to see whether he might3._______ the rules．The angel reappeared and said that God could permit him to take one suitcase．4._______ (激动)，the man gathered hi s suitcase and filled it with pure gold bars．

Afterward，he died and showed up in heaven to greet St．Peter．5.S_______ the suitcase，St．Peter said，“Hold6._______，you can’t bring that here!”The man explained that he had God’ 7.P_______ St．Peter checked it out and said，“You are right．You are allowed8.o_______ suitcase，but I'm supposed to check its contents9._______letting it through.”

 Inspecting the things that the man found too10.p_______ to leave behind,  St．Peter exclaimed，“You brought pavement? As you can see , the street of heaven is made of gold!”

The hardworking blacksmith(铁匠) Jones used to work all day in his shop and so hard working was he that at times he would make the sparks fly from his hammer.
The son of Mr. Smith, a rich neighbor, used to come to see the blacksmith everyday and for hours and hours he would enjoy himself watching how the blacksmith worked. "Young man, why don't you try to learn to make shoe tacks（鞋钉）, even if it is only to pass the time?" said the blacksmith. "Who knows, one day, it may be of use to you." The lazy boy began to see what he could do. But after a little practice he found that he was becoming very skilled and soon he was making some of the finest tacks.
Old Mr. Smith died and the son because of the war lost all his goods. He had to leave home and settled down in another country. It so happened that in this village there were many shoemakers who were spending a lot of money to buy tacks for their shoes and even at times when they paid high prices they were not always able to get what they wanted, because in that part of the country there was a high demand for soldiers' shoes.
Our young Mr. Smith, who was finding it difficult to earn his daily bread, remembered that he had learned how to make tacks and had the sudden idea of making a bargain with the shoemakers. He told them that he would make the tacks if they would help to get him settled in his workshop. The shoemakers were only too glad of the offer. And after a while, Mr. Smith found that he was soon making the finest tacks in the village.
"How funny it seems," he used to say, "even making tacks can bring a fortune（财富）.”
【小题1】From the passage, we can learn the young Mr. Smith became rich ______.
A by selling shoes  B by making shoe tacks  C with his father’s help D by making bread
【小题2】Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?
A The young Mr. Smith’s father was very wealthy.
B The young Mr. Smith was lazy before learning to make shoe tacks.
C The shoemakers offered him a working place to make shoe tacks.
D The shoemakers were unwilling to buy the young Mr. Smith’s tack.
【小题3】What can we learn from the young Mr. Smith’s success?