A man and his girlfriend got married. It was a large celebration. Everyone could tell that the love they had for each other was   36 .

Some months later, the wife said to the   37 , “I read in a magazine about how we can strengthen our   38 . Each of us will write a list of the things that we find a bit annoying(恼人的) with   39  person. Then, we can talk about how we can   40  them together and make our life happier together.”

The husband   41 . So each of them went to a separate room and thought of the things that  42 them about the other.

The next morning, at the   43  table, they decided that they would go over their lists.

“I’ll start,” offered the wife.

She took out her list. It had   44  items on it. As she started reading the list of the little annoyances, she   45  that tears were starting to appear in her husband’s eyes.

“What’s wrong?” she asked. “  46 ,” the husband replied, “keep reading your list.”

The wife continued to read   47  she had read all the three pages. She carefully placed her list on the   48  and crossed her hands over top of it.

“Now, you read your list and then we’ll talk about the things on both of our lists.” She said   49 . Quietly the husband said, “I don’t have anything on my list. I think you are   50  as you are. You are lovely and wonderful. I don’t want you to   51  anything for me.”

The wife, touched by the depth of his love for her and his   52  of her, turned her head and wept(流泪).

We have a wonderful   53  that is full of beauty, light and promise. Why   54  time looking for the bad, disappointing or annoying when we can   55  us and see the wonderful things before us?   

1.                A．true           B．false           C．kind D．happy

2.                A．boyfriend       B．husband        C．father    D．mother

3.                A．home          B．family          C．house    D．marriage

4.                A．some          B．other          C．the other D．another

5.                A．repair          B．solve           C．set  D．raise

6.                A．agreed         B．admitted        C．refused   D．laughed

7.                A．interested      B．surprised       C．troubled  D．puzzled

8.                A．lunch          B．supper         C．breakfast D．dinner

9.                A．such           B．few            C．no   D．many

10.               A．guessed        B．understood     C．knew D．noticed

11.               A．Nothing        B．Something      C．Everything D．Anything

12.               A．unless         B．until           C．after  D．when

13.               A．floor           B．bed           C．chair D．table

14.               A．sadly          B．happily         C．angrily    D．crazily

15.               A．perfect         B．beautiful        C．gentle D．rich

16.               A．read           B．write          C．change    D．do

17.               A．belief          B．doubt          C．understanding  D．acceptance

18.               A．home          B．earth          C．world D．country

19.               A．waste          B．spend          C．take  D．devote

20.               A．look at         B．look around     C．look after  D．look for

A storekeeper was sticking a sign above his door that read “puppies for sale.” Signs like that have a way of attracting   1  , and sure enough, a little boy appeared under the storekeeper’s   2  . “How much are you going to sell the puppies for?”

   The storekeeper replied. “Anywhere from $30 to $50.” The little boy reached into his pocket and   3   out some change. “I have $2.37,” he said. “Can I please   4   them?” The storekeeper smiled and whistled and   5   kennel （饲养宠物处） came Lady, who ran down the aisle （通道） of his store followed by five   6   balls of fur. One puppy was lagging （落后） behind. Immediately the little boy pointed to the   7   limping （跛行） puppy and said, “What’s wrong with that little dog?” The storekeeper   8   that the doctor had   9   the little puppy and discovered it would always be lame. The little boy became   10  , “That’s the one I want to buy.”

   The storekeeper said, “If you really want him, I will give him to you.” The little boy looked straight into the storekeeper’s   11  , pointing his finger and said: “I don’t   12   you to give him to me. That little dog is worth every bit   13   the other dogs and I’ll pay   14   price.”

  The storekeeper said, “He is never going to be able to   15   and play with you like the other puppies.”

  To this, the little boy reached down and rolled up his trousers leg to reveal a badly twisted, crippled leg supported by a big metal brace （支柱）. Looking up at the storekeeper, he softly replied, “Well, I don’t run so well myself, and the little puppy will need someone who understands.”

1．     A．by-standers            B．people                   C．small children        D．students

2．     A．door                      B．sign                      C．store                     D．ladder

3．     A．picked                    B．handed                  C．brought                 D．pulled

4．     A．buy                        B．look at                  C．take away             D．touch

5．     A．out of                    B．from behind          C．in                         D．around

6．     A．big                         B．pretty                   C．tiny                      D．weak

7．     A．jumping                  B．lagging                  C．barking                 D．running

8．     A．explained                B．answered              C．admitted                D．apologized

9．     A．treated                   B．operated                C．examined              D．cured

10．    A．sad                        B．angry                    C．pity                      D．excited

11．    A．hands                     B．head                     C．mouth                   D．eyes

12．    A．want                      B．allow                    C．advise                   D．force

13．    A．coin                       B．money                  C．as many as            D．as much as

14．    A．higher                    B．full                       C．more                    D．most

15．  A．jump               B．hear               C．bark                   D．see

[1] Look at the center circles of Diagram A and Diagram B. Which of the centre circles looks larger?

[2] Take a first look and you probably think that the centre circle in Diagram A is smaller than that in Diagram B. In fact, they are exactly the same size.
[3]Then look at the picture on the right. What do you see? A vase? Or two faces? Does the picture change quickly from one to the other again and again? Maybe or maybe not, but you can see them at the same time.

[4]“What’s happening? Is something wrong with my eyes?” You may wonder at what you see. Don’t worry. Here is how it goes:
[5]When we look at things, our eyes send messages to our brains and then our brains interpret the information. However, sometimes our brains interpret the received information in a wrong way. It seems that our eyes are playing a joke on us. This often happens and we call it “Visual illusion(幻觉)”.

[6] Movie makers often make use of illusions. They make the objects around actors much smaller or bigger than usual. This makes us believe that the actors are much larger or smaller than they usually are. The movies Jurassic Park and Honey J shrunk the kids just make use of illusions.
【小题1】In which column of a magazine can you read the above text?

Nowadays, a cellphone service is available to everyone, everywhere. Probably thousands of people have already been using it, but I just discovered it, so I'm going to claim it and also name it: Fake Foning.
The technology has been working well for me at the office, but there are infinite(无限的） applications. Virtually in any public space.
Say you work at a big university with lots of talky faculty members buzzing about. Now, say you need to use the restroom. The trip down the hall will take approximately one hour, because a person can't walk into those talky people without getting pulled aside for a question, a bit of gossip, a new read on a certain line of Paradise Lost.
So, a cellphone. Any cellphone. Just pick it up. Don't dial. Just hold that phone to your face and start talking. Walk confidently down the hall engaged in fake conversation, making sure to tailor both the topic and content to the person standing before you whom you are trying to avoid.
For standard colleague avoidance, I suggest fake chatting about fake business:
"Yes, I'm glad you called, because we really need to hammer out the details. What's that? Yes, I read Page 12, but if you look at the bottom of 4, I think you can see the problem begins right there."
Be engaged in your fake fone conversation. Make eye contact with the people passing, nod to them, gesture keen interest in talking to them at a later time, point to your phone, shrug and move on.
Shoppers should consider fake foning anytime they spot a talky neighbor in the produce department pinching (用手捏) unripe peaches. Without your phone at your face, you'd be in for a 20-minute speech on how terrible the world is.
One important caution about fake foning. The other day I was fake foning my way past a colleague, and he was actually following me to get my attention. I knew he wanted to ask about a project I had not yet finished. I was trying to buy myself some time, so I continued fake foning with my doctor. "So I don't need the operation? Oh, doctor, that is the best news."
And then: Brrrrrrng! Brrrrrmg! Brrrrrmg! My phone started ringing, right there while it was planted on my face. My colleague looked at me, and I at him, and naturally I gasped. "What is the matter with this thing?" I said, pulling the phone away to look at it, and then putting it back to my ear.
"Hello? Are you still there?"  Oops.
【小题1】According to the passage Fake Foning is _______________________.

[1] Look at the center circles of Diagram A and Diagram B. Which of the centre circles looks larger?

[2] Take a first look and you probably think that the centre circle in Diagram A is smaller than that in Diagram B. In fact, they are exactly the same size.

[3]Then look at the picture on the right. What do you see? A vase? Or two faces? Does the picture change quickly from one to the other again and again? Maybe or maybe not, but you can see them at the same time.

[4]“What’s happening? Is something wrong with my eyes?” You may wonder at what you see. Don’t worry. Here is how it goes:

[5]When we look at things, our eyes send messages to our brains and then our brains interpret the information. However, sometimes our brains interpret the received information in a wrong way. It seems that our eyes are playing a joke on us. This often happens and we call it “Visual illusion(幻觉)”.

[6] Movie makers often make use of illusions. They make the objects around actors much smaller or bigger than usual. This makes us believe that the actors are much larger or smaller than they usually are. The movies Jurassic Park and Honey J shrunk the kids just make use of illusions.

1.In which column of a magazine can you read the above text?

A．Culture.           B．Science.           C．Humour.          D．Education.

2.The centre circle in Diagram A looks smaller than that in Diagram B, That’s because____.

A．something is wrong with our eyes

B．the two circles are not of the same size

C．our brains interpret the information wrongly

D．pictures change quickly from one to the other

3.In the picture on the right, it seems that Line AB is shorter than line CD, but in fact line AB is as long as Line CD. Which paragraph can explain what has happened to our eyes?

A. The second one.         B. The third one.   C. The sixth one..          D. The fifth one

4.What’s the right order according to the text?

a. We look at things with our eyes.        b. Our brains interpret the messages.

c. Our brains tell us what we have seen.  d. Our eyes send messages to our brains.

A. a-d-b-c      B c-a-b-d    C a-c-d-b   D. b-e-a-d