I was painfully shy as a child. In high school I would avoid participating in class discussions. I was too afraid to talk to anyone but my closest friends~ I would think about being less shy, wanting the courage not only to ask a girl out, but to speak up in class and say what I was thinking. Yet, it never happened. Fears showed themselves in such self-conscious questions as, " What will other people think?  What if she says no?" I felt a dark presence in my mind holding me back.

This shyness continued into college. One day, the question occurred to me: Is life shy?

The thought surprised me ! Think of the leaves bursting out in the spring time, the bird singing at dawn, the sheer number of different forms of life, all expressing the wideness and scope of divine life. There's nothing shy about it. Life is everywhere and attention-grabbing (引人注意的). So, if my creator isn't shy about all the life that needs expressing, I don't need to be either.

I realized that if I wanted to overcome fear and shyness, I would have to put this law of life into practice~ Shyness, fear, and loneliness were hindering me from living my life as life: God wanted me to live it. Therefore, I decided to live how life saw me.

One example: I wrote a note to a girl, asking her out on a date. Even as I was writing it, the fears of disaffirmation and unworthiness came to me. This time however, instead of shrinking back and hiding from the fear, I put the note in the campus mail in spite of myself. I thought: whether she says yes or no, it's still right for me not to be shy. I can live with the confidence sent from the source of my life. The girl saw me in class the next day and told me that she would love to go out with me. I should not have been so surprised!

Bit by bit, I was proving that the limited view of myself no longer had control over me.  After college, I worked as a newspaper reporter, earned an advanced degree in theater, became a productive writer (a lifelong dream), met a special woman whom I married, and even got a job teaching at a university.

1.The writer was shy as a child because of______.

A．awareness that life is shy

B．lack of courage to speak out in public

C．fear of others' attitude and reaction

D．failure in his participation in class discussion

2."The law" in Paragraph 4 refers to the fact that______.

A．life is attention-grabbing and divine

B．God treats everything and everyone fairly

C．everything in nature is in the favour of God

D．the creator of life which needs expressing isn't shy

3.It can be learnt from Paragraph 5 that the writer______.

A．didn't hesitate before sending the note

B．wouldn't regret sending the note despite the result

C．was not surprised when the girl agreed to go out

D．believed in God and felt encouraged by the wideness of life

4.The underlined word "disaffirmation" in Paragraph 5 probably means______.

A．rejection          B．laughter           C．regret            D．horror

5.The purpose of writing the text is to______.

A．blame those who are shy and unconfident

B．persuade people to have confidence in their career

C．share the personal experience with the readers

D．prove that the overcome of shyness helps achieve success

　It is always dangerous to generalize;however, it seems 1 that, on the 2 , men hold a higher position in society than women ． Because of this 3 , men enjoy more　　 power than women．

　A person’s 4 often depends on his title or profession ． For example, in many countries, doctors and lawyers are greatly 5 ．

　There seems to be a 6 between one’s sex and one’s status in society ． On the whole, men 7 higher status than women．

　Most women’s clothing is made without pockets．As a result , women are forced to carry their belongings in a 8 ．

　 9 the fact that women often make valuable contributions, they have not been able to 10 the same social and economic status as men．

1．A．clear B．easy C．believable D． understandable

2．A．entireness B．completeness C．whole D．All-round level

3．A．state B．situation C．position D． employment

4．A．Ability B．power C．right D． strength

5．A．Admired B．belittled C．envied D． respected

6．A．co-education B．co-existence C．co-operation D． correlation

7．A．enjoy B．like C．love D． own

8．A．bag B．container C．purse D． wallet

9．A．regardless of B．unmoved by C．unnoticed by D． instead of

10．A．win B．win back C．win over D． win through

Washington, April 4----- The United States has more than 90 million families for the first time, but each contains fewer people on average than ever, the Census Bureau(统计局) reported today.

The 90,031,000 families in the United States averaged 2.64 members each as of last July 1.“The reason is, in effect, changes in the age structure,” explained Campbell Gibson, a population researcher for the bureau. Most Americans born in the great explosion of births are now in their 20’s and 30’s when they most likely to set up families, he said.

The fact that many are doing so increased the number of families from 80.4 million in 1980 t0 88.8 million in 1986 and past the 90 million mark last summer.

At the same time, the average number of people per family dropped from 2.75 in 1985 to 2.65 in 1986 and then to 2.64, Mr Gibson said.

By comparison, the 1970 Census found the average family contained 3.14 people. Families averaged more than four people in 1939 and more than five in 1880.

The growing number of ever---- smaller families is still going on, but Mr Gibson pointed out that family growth was not the same as population increase in the 1970’s.

The same age factors that are increasing the number of families also happened then, but in the 1970’s the proportion(比例) of families in each age group was also growing.

That hasn’t continued in the 1980’s for a number of possible reasons, Mr Gibson said. For example, in the 1980’s more young people have chosen to remain home with their parents instead of setting up housekeeping on their own, as many did in the 1970’s.

This could be caused by the increasing cost of housing, he said. Delays in marriage while young people go to work and school, have also been widely reported as a factor, but it was not the only factor for the family changes.

1.The smaller figure of families reported here is _________.

2.What’s the reporter’s attitude towards the present situation?

A. People should get married at later age.

2. The average number of family members should be 2.64.
3. It’s not clear in the report.
4. Young people should set up housekeeping on their own, as many did in the 1970’s.

3.From the last paragraph we may infer that________.

A. delay in marriage will not help the number of the families

2. delay in marriage is the major factor of the family changes
3. the writer felt sorry that many young people now delay their marriages
4. there must be some other factors which have led to the slower growth in the 1980’s

4. The underlined word “factor” in the passage means_________.

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　　It is well known that smoking causes harmful side effects; however, we see thousands of smoking. Not only the elderly;  1 young people and children are under smoke, in order to show they  2 ——maybe smoking is a  3 of being a grown up.  4 smoking has become a serious social problem.

　　Our government has  5 called on people to  6 smoking. As a result, many have given up smoking.  7 , a lot more people are joining the ranks of smokers.  8 it is far from enough to  9 the matter to slogans(口号).  10 is necessary is a campaign  11 smoking.

　　First, I suggest, regulations  12 be made to forbid smoking in public places. In many cities smoking is not  13 in cinemas or in theatres. Smokers have to abide by(遵守)it,  14 they'll be fined. Why can't we  15 this as a good example to develop it in other public places  16 on the trains, in the offices, hotels and so on?

　　Secondly, stricter measures  17 taken to impose a tax  18 smokers for causing pollution.  19 we'll continue the fight against smoking in the  20 that one day smokers will fully realize the health dangers they face.

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　　Our government has  5 called on people to  6 smoking. As a result, many have given up smoking.  7 , a lot more people are joining the ranks of smokers.  8 it is far from enough to  9 the matter to slogans(口号).  10 is necessary is a campaign  11 smoking.

　　First, I suggest, regulations  12 be made to forbid smoking in public places. In many cities smoking is not  13 in cinemas or in theatres. Smokers have to abide by(遵守)it,  14 they'll be fined. Why can't we  15 this as a good example to develop it in other public places  16 on the trains, in the offices, hotels and so on?

　　Secondly, stricter measures  17 taken to impose a tax  18 smokers for causing pollution.  19 we'll continue the fight against smoking in the  20 that one day smokers will fully realize the health dangers they face.

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