Are you angry when your classmates sing loudly while you are trying to study or your best friend does not wait for you after school ?

If your answer is “Yes”, you need to learn how to control your feelings . Getting angry with others can cause you to lose friends .

Gary Egeberg , an American high school teacher , has written My Feelings Are like Wild Animals to help you control your feelings . It tells how to stay cool when bad things happen . The book says that getting angry only makes problems worse . It can never make them better .

“Getting angry is not a natural way to act ,” the book says . It is just a bad habit , like smoking .

The book says you can control your anger easily—all you have to do is to tell yourself not to be angry .

The book gives many tips to help you if you get angry easily . Here are the top three:

※Keep a record . Every time you get angry , write down why you are angry . Look at it later when you are calm and you will see you get angry too easily .

※Ask your friends to stop talking to you when you get angry . This will teach you not to be angry .

※Do something different . When you get angry , walk away from the problem and go somewhere else . Try to laugh .

6. If you often get angry , _________________ .

A. you will do worse in your study　　　 B. you will have fewer friends

C. smoking can be a good help　　　　 D. nobody will wait for you after school

7. Gary Egeberg is someone who ___________ .

A. knows how to control your feeling　　 B. gets angry easily with his students

C. likes to keeping wild animals　　　　 D. teaches in a secondary school

8. According to Gary’s book , you can control your anger by _________ .

A. never talking with friends　　 B. singing loudly to calm down

C. staying away from others　　 D. reminding yourself not to get angry

9. From the first tip we can draw the conclusion(得出结论) that __________ .

A. Writing helps to control one’s feelings B. one’s anger is built upon one’s experience

C. people think better when they are calm　 D. a good habit helps to take away a bad one

10. From this passage we know that ___________ .

A. there are more than three tips in Gary’s book　

B. Gary never gets angry in his life

C. getting angry easily can’t be changed easily　　

D. school kids often get angry with each other

　　A man walked into a bank and asked to see the manager. Shown into the gentleman's office, he asked if he could have a loan(贷款) . When the manager heard that his visitor was not one of the bank' s clients (储户) , he explained that loans were made only to customers with accounts (账户). “Why not open one?”“But I only want two dollars, ”said the man, “in return for which I am prepared to offer my car as security (抵押).”Having examined the car, the manager agreed to the loan though, as he pointed out, the proceedings (做法) were slightly unusual. The stranger left and the car was placed in the bank' s garage (车库) .

　　Two months later, the customer entered the bank and asked for the return of his car, giving the manager the two dollars he had borrowed . The manager pointed out that there was interest (利息) to pay, the sum of four cents. This the customer paid. As he was leaving, the manager asked why he only borrowed two dollars. “Where else would I be able to park my car for two months for four cents?”

1．The man went into the bank ________.

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2．If you are a client of the bank, you ________.

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A．may leave your car in the bank's garage

B．can borrow some money there

C．can open an account

D．may have a loan if you offer your car as security

3．The customer entered the bank two months later in order to ________.

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4．How much did the man pay for parking his car in the bank for two months?

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5．Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

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A．The man would have to pay more if he had parked his car in any other place.

B．The manager would lend money to anyone who offered something as security.

C．The manager was fooled by the customer.

With a hat by his feet, a blind boy sat on the steps of a building. He held up a sign which said, “I’m blind, please help.”

Only a few people put   36  in the hat. A man was walking by. He   37  some coins into the hat. He then turned the sign   38 , wrote some words, put the sign back and left.

Soon the hat began to fill up. A lot more people   39  to give money to the blind boy. That afternoon the man came to see   40  things were. The boy recognized his footsteps （认出他的脚步声）and asked, “Were you the one who   41  my sign this morning? What did you write?”

The man said, “I only wrote the truth. I said what you said but in a   42  way.” What he had written was, “Today is a beautiful day,   43 I cannot see it.”

Both the   44  told people that the boy was blind. But the first sign simply   45  people to help by throwing some money into the   46 . The second one, however, told people that they were able to enjoy the   47  of the day, but the boy couldn’t   48  he was blind.

There are at least two lessons we can learn   49  this story. First, be thankful for what you have. Someone else has less. Help them if you can.   50  , be creative. Think differently. There is always a better way!

With a hat by his feet，a blind boy sat on the steps of a building．He held up a sign which said，"I'm blind，please help．"

Only a few people put   1  in the hat．A man was walking by．He   2   some coins into the hat．He then turned the sign  3  ，wrote some words，put the sign back and left．

Soon the hat began to fill up．A lot more people   4  to give money to the blind boy．That afternoon the man came to see   5   things were．The boy recognized his footsteps（脚步声） and asked，"Were you the one who   6  my sign this morning? What did you write?"

The man said，"I only wrote the truth．I said what you said but in a   7  way．" What he had written was，"Today is a beautiful day，  8 I cannot see it．"

Both the   9  told people that the boy was blind．But the first sign simply  10  people to help by throwing some money into the   11  ．The second one，however，told people that they were able to enjoy the  12  of the day，but the boy couldn't   13  he was blind．

There are at least two lessons we can learn   14  this story．First，be thankful for what you have．Someone else has less．Help them if you can．  15  ，be creative．Think differently．There is always a better way!

1．A．eggs                B．coins              C．toys              D．pencils

2．A．got                  B．lost                C．took              D．dropped

3．A．on                   B．off                C．back              D．around

4．A．asked                B．began              C．hoped             D．continued

5．A．how                 B．what              C．whose           D．which

6．A．put                  B．found             C．changed           D．cleaned

7．A．usual                B．simple             C．different           D．dangerous

8．A．as                  B．so                C．for              D．but

9．A．signs                B．men               C．boys              D．lessons

10．A．told                B．took              C．helped             D．ordered

11．A．bag                B．hat                C．pocket            D．basket

12．A．food               B．songs             C．beauty           D．pictures

13．A．because            B．unless             C．before           D．though

14．A．about              B．with              C．from            D．except

15．A．First               B．Second            C．Third             D．Fourth

If you could see a movie of your life before you lived it, would you want to live it? Probably not. The excitement of living is that you don’t know what’s coming.
Sure, it’s hard to see uncertainty in such positive（积极的）light when you’re out of work, or when you feel like you’re failing. But uncertainty is really another word for chance.
When Allison graduated from Harvard, she had chances all over the place but had no idea what she wanted to do. She took a job in consulting（咨询）, but she knew she wouldn’t stay there. She took the GRE and scored so high that she was able to increase her income（收入）by teaching students. Still, she didn’t think she wanted to go to graduate school. Allison knew she wasn’t doing what she wanted, but she didn’t know what she wanted.
She worried. All her friends were going to graduate school or starting their own businesses. She was lost and felt that she would never find anything out. After six years, Allison, by having a general（全面的）plan in mind, got married, moved to the Midwest, and used her consulting experience to get a great job. Allison realized that she spent her years finding her way: time well spent, and time we must all take if we’re being honest with ourselves.
The only way to lead an interesting life is to face uncertainty and make a choice. Otherwise your life is not your own—it is a path someone else has chosen. Moments of uncertainty are when you create your life, when you become who you are. Uncertainty usually begins with a job hunt, but it doesn’t end there. Every new role we take on means another round of uncertainty. Instead of fearing it, you should find some ways to deal with uncertainty.
【小题1】From the first two paragraphs, we can learn that                     .