He was unhappy about this, ______?

A. was it　　　 B. wasn’t it　

C. was he　 　 D. wasn’t he

A patient of mine, a successful businessman, tells me that before his cancer he would become depressed unless things went a certain way. Happiness was “having the cookie.” If you had the cookie, things were good. If you didn’t have the cookie, life wasn’t worth a damn. Unfortunately, the cookie kept changing. Some of the time it was money, sometimes power, sometimes sex. At other times, it was the new car, the biggest contract, the most prestigious address.

A year and a half after his diagnosis of prostate(前列腺) cancer he sits shaking his head ruefully(悔恨地). “It’s like I stopped learning how to live after I was a kid. When I give my son a cookie, he is happy. If I take the cookie away or it breaks, he is unhappy. But he is two and a half and I am forty-three. It’s taken me this long to understand that the cookie will never make me happy for long. The minute you have the cookie it starts to crumble or you start to worry about it crumbling or about someone trying to take it away from you. You know, you have to give up a lot of things to take care of the cookie, to keep it from crumbling and be sure that no one takes it away from you. You may not even get a chance to eat it because you are so busy just trying not to lose it. Having the cookie is not what life is about.

My patient laughs and says cancer has changed him. For the first time he is happy. No matter if his business is doing well or not, no matter if he wins or loses at golf. “Two years ago, cancer asked me, Okay, what’s important? What is really important?” Well, life is important. Life, life, any way you can have it. Life with the cookie. Life without the cookie. Happiness does not have anything to do with the cookie, it has to do with being alive.” He pauses thoughtfully. “Damn, I guess life is the cookie.”

1．The writer should be a ________ according to the passage.

       A．teacher                B．doctor                 C．psychologist        D．researcher

2．What does “cookie” really mean in the passage?

       A．Desires someone has.                           B．A kind of dessert.

       C．Money he wants to get                         D．A social position.

3．The character in the passage understood the truth of life ________.

       A．when he got cancer                             B．before he got cancer

       C．after he got cancer                               D．unless he got cancer

4．The author writes the article _________.

       A．to make readers know his sharp wit      

       B．to get readers to think about their health

       C．to have readers know how to get cookies

       D．to make it clear that life is important

A boy was walking home from school when he saw a large, tempting （诱人的）apple on one of the branches of an apple tree hanging out over a tall fence. The boy wasn’t much of a fruit-eater,  1 a bar of chocolate if given the choice, but, as they say, the forbidden fruit can be tempting. Seeing the apple, the boy wanted it. The more he looked at it, the     2   he felt and the more he wanted that apple.
3    as high as he could, but even at his tallest  4  , he was unable to touch it. He began to  5 up and down , as high as he could, at the  6  of each jump stretching his arms to get the apple . Still it remained out of 7 .   Not giving up , he thought , if only he had something to  8 on . His school bag wouldn’t give enough height and he didn’t want to  9  the things inside , like his lunch box , pencil case , and Game boy. Looking around, he hoped he might find an old box , a rock , or , with luck , even a ladder , but it was a tidy neighborhood and there was nothing he could use. He had tried everything he could think to do. Without seeing any other choices , he gave up and started to walk   10  . At first he felt angry and disappointed thinking about how hungry he had become from his  11  , and how he really wanted that apple .The more he  12 like this , the more unhappy he became.
However ,the boy of our story was a pretty smart guy, even if he couldn’t always get what he wanted .He started to say to himself . This isn’t    13 ,I don’t have the apple and I’m feeling miserable as well. There’s 14   more I can do to get the apple-that is unchangeable-but we are supposed to be able to  15  our feelings. If that’s the case, what can I do to feel better?

A boy was walking home from school when he saw a large, tempting （诱人的）apple on one of the branches of an apple tree hanging out over a tall fence. The boy wasn’t much of a fruit-eater,  1  a bar of chocolate if given the choice, but, as they say, the forbidden fruit can be tempting. Seeing the apple, the boy wanted it. The more he looked at it, the      2    he felt and the more he wanted that apple.

3    as high as he could, but even at his tallest  4  , he was unable to touch it. He began to  5  up and down , as high as he could, at the  6  of each jump stretching his arms to get the apple . Still it remained out of  7  .   Not giving up , he thought , if only he had something to  8  on . His school bag wouldn’t give enough height and he didn’t want to  9   the things inside , like his lunch box , pencil case , and Game boy. Looking around, he hoped he might find an old box , a rock , or , with luck , even a ladder , but it was a tidy neighborhood and there was nothing he could use. He had tried everything he could think to do. Without seeing any other choices , he gave up and started to walk   10  . At first he felt angry and disappointed thinking about how hungry he had become from his  11  , and how he really wanted that apple .The more he  12  like this , the more unhappy he became.

However ,the boy of our story was a pretty smart guy, even if he couldn’t always get what he wanted .He started to say to himself . This isn’t    13  ,I don’t have the apple and I’m feeling miserable as well. There’s  14   more I can do to get the apple-that is unchangeable-but we are supposed to be able to  15  our feelings. If that’s the case, what can I do to feel better?

1.A. preferring      B. offering      C. receiving        D. allowing

2.A.sadder         B. angrier       C. hungrier        D. tastier

3.A. Expanding      B. Stretching    C. Swinging        D. Pulling

4.A. strength       B. length       C.  range          D. height

5.A.jump          B. look         C. walk            D. glance

6.A.tip            B. stage         C. top             D.  level

7.A hope          B. hand         C.  sight           D.  reach

8.A. put           B. stand        C. get              D. hold

9.A. break         B.  shake      C. take             D. strike

10.A. back        B.  away       C. up              D. down

11.A. wishes      B.  beliefs       C. efforts          D. goals

12.A. thought     B. imagined     C. tried         D. claimed

13.A. skilful      B. cheerful      C. harmful      D.  helpful

14.A. something   B. anything     C. everything    D. nothing

15.A.change      B. express       C. forget       D. describe