Hot words on the Internet don’t stay hot for long. “Geili” and “Fuyun”, last year’s biggest creations, are actually ____36____ on Internet now. What’s popular now is “hold steady”.
The term（术语）comes from the very Taiwanese TV show ____37___ includes Miss Lin (Xie Yilin) giving a lecture on how to ____38___ like a fashion queen at parties or on the bus. Although the lecture is mainly a mockery（嘲笑）of the fashion world, ____39____ Miss Lin makes a point: We need to hold steady in pressure-filled or embarrassing situations.
____40___ steady is one of the qualities the public has been ____41____ lately ____42___ pressures on marriage, work and money can easily drive people crazy.
The quality was ____43____ by a girl named Su Miaoling this year, who ____44___ in the TV singing competition “Super Girl”. ____45____ herself with confidence on stage, she kept ____46____ when others got anxious.
“I like your poise(淡定). Very few people on this stage can keep calm like you do,” said one of the show’s judges, Hu Haiquan, to Su. Internet users named Su “Sister Poise”.
Poise is also appreciated in Western culture as an essential quality of a ____47____ person.
Each year, the National League of Junior Cotillions of the US releases a list of the Ten Best Mannered People. Kate Middleton was ____48____ as the one of the Ten Best Mannered People for the way ____49____ she showed herself in the public. The Duchess of Cambridge was also appreciated ____50____ this year for her remarkable poise at the royal wedding. That is good news for many because she has prove ____51____ true that poise is not born, but it can be got with a bit of ____52____.
About-personal-growth.com, a foreign website on personal growth guidance, gives ____53___ on how to stay poised.
“Take a few deep breaths when you are facing a situation that tests your patience; practise yoga ____54___; say to yourself “I choose to be calm in any situation”; write down your encouragement daily to ____55____ the goal,” reads the site.

It’s Saturday morning. Tony’s sitting at the kitchen table,    1    with a piece of bread. He’s not even    2   . Is he ill? No, but he does have a    3   . He has nothing to do because the Internet is down. When he    4    up this morning, Tony was feeling    5   . He jumped out of bed full of plans for the weekend    6   . It would be a weekend like any other --- a great weekend. But that was    7    he turned on his computer and    8    he was unable to go online. Having no Internet changes everything.

Every weekend, Tony    9    goes online to email friends, read the    10    to keep up with what’s happening in the world and    11    a few online chess games with his cousin Helen to finish the weekend off. The perfect weekend --- online!

Just as Tony is    12    how he can possibly have a normal weekend without the Internet, his mum walks into the    13   . “Cheer up, Tony. Don’t    14    the Internet any more, OK?” Tony makes no    15    but sighs (叹气).“Go and play chess with Helen!” Tony’s mum  16   .

“Oh, yes! Helen lives just around the    17   . We can meet and play chess face to face for a    18   . Maybe this weekend won’t be so bad,” Tony    19   , as he walks to the phone. There is   20    without the Internet after all.

1．A．cutting                B．playing            C．eating                  D．thinking

2．A．hungry                  B．angry                  C．tired                    D．sleepy

3．A．fear                      B．problem               C．business              D．thing

4．A．rose                      B．rang                    C．looked                 D．woke

5．A．great                     B．disappointed         C．unhappy              D．worried

7．A．after                     B．before                 C．until                   D．when

8．A．thought                 B．guessed               C．decided               D．found

9．A．usually                  B．nearly                  C．especially            D．already

10．A．letters                 B．news                   C．reports                D．contents

11．A．guess                 B．take                    C．play               D．make

12．A．proving               B．wondering           C．realizing              D．remembering

13．A．living-room          B．hall                     C．kitchen                D．study

14．A．talk about         B．care about        C．think about        D．look about

15．A．answer                B．progress           C．movement           D．choice

16．A requests                 B．replies                 C．tells                    D．suggests

17．A．edge                   B．distance               C．corner                 D．end

18．A．chat                    B．time                    C．lesson                 D．change

19．A．continues            B．smiles                 C．reads                  D．watches

20．A．change             B．task                 C．weekend            D．life

It’s Saturday morning．Tony’s sitting at the kitchen table， 1   with a piece of bread．He’s not even  2  ．Is he ill?  No，but he does have a  3 ．He has nothing to do because the Internet is down．

When he  4  up this morning，Tony was feeling  5 ．He jumped out of bed full of plans for the weekend  6 ．It would be a weekend like any other---a great weekend．But that was 7  he turned on his computer and  8  he was unable to go online．Having no Internet changes everything．

Every weekend，Tony  9  goes online to email friends，read the  10  to keep up with what‘s happening in the world and  11  a few online chess games with his cousin Helen to finish the weekend off．The perfect weekend---online!

    Just as Tony is  12  how he can possibly have a normal weekend without the Internet，his mum walks into the  13 ．“Cheer up，Tony．Don’t  14  the Internet any more，OK?” Tony makes no  15  but sighs(叹气)．“Go and play chess with Helen!” Tony's mum 16 ．

  “Oh，yes! Helen lives just around the  17  .We can meet and play chess face to face for a 18  Maybe this weekend won't be so bad，”Tony  19  ，as he walks to the phone．There is 20  without the Internet after all．

1．A．cutting                     B．playing            C．eating             D．thinking

2．A．hungry              B．angry             C．tired                      D．sleepy

3．A．fear                 B．problem          C．business          D．thing

4．A．rose               B．rang             C．looked            D．woke

5．A．great              B．disappointed     C．unhappy          D．worried

6．A．also                B．above           C．ahead              D．ago

7．A．after               B．before           C．until         D．when

8．A．thought            B．guessed        C．decided            D．found

9．A．usually             B．nearly           C．especially        D．already

10．A．letters            B．news            C．reports            D．contents

11．A．guess                  B．take              C．play                D．make

12．A．proving          B．wondering       C．realizing          D．remembering

13．A．living room      B．hall                  C．kitchen           D．study

14．A．talk about        B．care about       C．think about      D．look about

15．A．answer           B．progress          C．movement       D．choice

16．A．requests          B．replies             C．tells                D．suggests

17．A．edge             B．distance          C．comer             D．end

18．A．chat               B．time              C．lesson             D．change

10．A．continues        B．smiles           C．reads              D．watches 

20．A．change            B．task              C．weekend         D．1ife