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A boy selling magazines walked up to a house people seldom visited. The house was old and the owner  36  came out. When he did come out he wouldn’t say hello to anybody  37  simply stared at them.
The boy knocked on the door and  38 . as he was ready to  39  away, the door slowly opened. “What do you want? ” the old man said.
“Uh, sir, I’m selling these magazines and I was  40  if you’d like to buy one.” The old man  41  stared at the boy. The boy could see the inside of the house and  42  some dog figurines （小雕像）. “Do you  43  dogs?” the boy asked. “Yes, I do. They’re my family here and they’re all I have.” The boy felt sorry for the man, as he seemed to be very  44 . “I’ve a magazine here for collectors. It’s perfect for you. I also have one about dogs since you like dogs so much.” But the old man said, “I need  45  of the magazines, now goodbye.”
The boy was sad. He went home and then an idea 46  to him. He had a little dog figurine. He walked back to the old man’s house with the  47 . He knocked on the door again and this time the old man came right to the door. “Boy, I  48  I told you no magazines.”
“No, sir. I know that. I wanted to bring you a  49 . ” The boy handed him the figurine and the old man’s face  50 . “It’s a Golden Retriever. I have one at home. This one is  51  you. ” The old man was  52 ; no one had ever shown him so much  53 . “Boy , you have a big  54 . Thank you!” From that day on the old man   55 coming out of the house and talking with people.
36．A．regularly             B．never          C．hardly                  D．nearly
37．A．but                                 B．when          C．as                          D．so
38．A．hurried                          B．remained   C．waited                 D．left
39．A．drive                     B．run                        C．escape                 D．walk
40．A．wondering          B．saying                  C．doubting             D．hoping
41．A．ever                      B．yet                        C．still                       D．just
42．A．loved                    B．noticed                C．contacted  D．sensed
43．A．help                      B．raise           C．collect                  D．like
44．A．lonely                            B．cruel           C．old                        D．terrible
45．A．nothing                B．none           C．either                   D．some
46．A．happened           B．reached               C．brought               D．occurred
47．A．fear                      B．magazine  C．figurine                D．idea
48．A．imagined             B．thought               C．wished                 D．expected
49．A．friend                            B．dog                       C．gift                        D．book
50．A．went up               B．turned up  C．grew up               D．lit up
51．A．with                      B．for                         C．on                         D．in
52．A．surprised            B．calm            C．disappointed      D．encouraged
53．A．pity                       B．kindness              C．politeness D．happiness
54．A．hand                     B．eye                       C．heart          D．head
55．A．continued           B．started                C．avoided               D．risked

In the dining room of my grandfather’s house stood a massive grandfather clock. Meals in that dining room were a   1 for four generations to become one. The table was always   2 with food from wonderful family recipes（食谱）all containing   3 as the main ingredient（成分）. And always that grandfather clock stood like a trusted old family   4 , sharing our happiness.
As I was a child, the old clock  5 me. I watched and listened to it during meals. I   6 how at different times of the day, that clock would strike with a wonderful   7 . Year after year, the clock struck a part of my   8  , a part of my heart.
Even more wonderful to me was what my grandfather did each day. He  9 wound that clock with a special and magic key, which   10 the clock ticking and striking. He never let that clock wind down and   11 . When we grandkids got a little older, he showed us how to   12 the clock.
Several days after my grandfather died, I entered the dining room, with tears flowing   13 . The clock stood desertedly  14 , seeming smaller and not as magnificent as before. I couldn’t   15 to look at it.
Years later, my grandmother gave me the clock and the key. The old house was quiet. I opened the clock door with my shaking hand. Then   16 , reverently（虔诚地）, I entered the key and wound the clock. It sprang to  17 . Tick – tock , tick – tock, life and chimes were  18 into the dining room, into house and into my  19 . In the movement of the hands of the clock, my grandfather  20 again.

One of the most widely accepted, commonly repeated assumptions (假设) in our culture is that if you exercise, you will lose weight. I exercise all the time, but I still have gut fat that hangs over my belt when I sit. Why isn’t all the exercise getting rid of it?

It’s a question many of us could ask. More than 45 million Americans now belong to a health club, up from 23 million in 1993. We spend some $19 billion a year on gym memberships. Of course, some people join and never go. Still, as one major study — the Minnesota Heart Survey — found, more of us at least say we exercise regularly.

And yet obesity (肥胖) figures have risen sharply in the same period: a third of Americans are obese, and another third count as overweight by the Federal Government’s definition. Yes, it’s entirely possible that those of us who regularly go to the gym would weigh even more if we exercised less. But like many other people, I get hungry after I exercise, so I often eat more on the days I work out than on the days I don’t. Could exercise actually be keeping me from losing weight?

The popular belief that exercise is essential for weight control is actually fairly new. As recently as the 1960s, doctors routinely advised against too much exercise, particularly for older adults who could injure themselves. Today doctors encourage even their oldest patients to exercise, which is sound advice for many reasons: People who regularly exercise are at significantly lower risk for all manner of diseases — those of the heart in particular. They less often develop cancer and many other illnesses. But the past few years of obesity research show that the role of exercise in weight loss has been wildly over-evaluated.

“In general, for weight loss, exercise is pretty useless,” says Eric Ravussin, exercise researcher at Louisiana State University. Many recent studies have found that exercise isn’t as important in helping people lose weight as you hear so regularly in gym advertisements or on shows like The Biggest Loser — or, for that matter, from magazines like this one.

The basic problem is that while it’s true that exercise burns calories and that you must burn calories to lose weight, exercise has another effect: it can make one hungry. That causes us to eat more, which in turn can negate (使无效) the weight-loss benefits we just gained. Exercise, in other words, isn’t necessarily helping us lose weight. It may even be making it harder.

1. From the passage we learn that ____.

A. some Americans join a health club but never go there  

B. the number of overweight people has doubled since 1993

C. more than 45 million Americans now go to the gym regularly

D. Americans waste too much money each year on sports

2. According to the passage, exercise ____.

A. has long been believed to be good for older adults

B. is not properly advertised as an effective way to lose weight

C. was first recognized as an effective way to lose weight in the 1960s

D. is less effective in preventing heart disease than what doctors believe

3.According to the writer, people might gain weight because ____.

A. they have the habit of going to the gym regularly

B. they eat the same food when they do not exercise

C. they exercise less than required by doctors

D. they eat more after they exercise

4.What may be the best title for this passage?

A. Overweight Is Not Good for Your Health

B. Exercise Won’t Make You Thin 

C. Gym Is Part of American Lifestyle      

D. Obesity Is a Social Problem in America        

One morning all the employees reached the office as usual. And on the wall they saw a big 36  on which it was written：Yesterday, the person who has been  37  your growth in this company passed  38 . We invite you to join the funeral (葬礼) prepared in the  39 .
In the beginning，they all got  40  for the death of one of their colleagues.  41  after a while they started getting  42  to know who was the man that limited the growth of his colleagues and the company itself.
The  43  in the gym was such that security agents(保安)were  44  to control the crowd within the room. The more people reached the coffin(棺材), the more the excitement  45  up. Everyone whispered to each other:“  46  on earth is this guy?”
One by one the excited employees got closer to the coffin, and when they  47  inside it, they 48  became speechless. They stood nearby the coffin, shocked and in  49 , as if someone had 50  the deepest part of their soul.
There was a  51  inside the coffin；everyone who looked inside it could see himself, There was also a sign next to the mirror that  52 : there is only one person who is  53  to set limits to your growth：IT IS  54  !!!!!! Your life doesn’t change when everyone around you changes. Your life changes when YOU change，when you go beyond your limiting beliefs inside. Don’t be afraid of  55  ；build yourself and your reality. It’s the way you face life itself that makes the difference!

The town _______ we visited last week is the one _______ the famous painter was born.