The first ting we do is to put an APB and this goes to all the police stations in the country.

Next we telephone the hospitals. Often the person we are looking for has been in an accident.

Then we might try parents, friends or relatives they might be with. We try to follow their movements and to find the last person they saw in local or national papers—especially papers they might read. There are other things we can do: put posters in places where they might be, go on television.

Here in America there is a magazine in which there are photographs of missing children. This is often the last hope. Of course, with nearly two million missing children every year, we can’t do all these things for everyone. We haven’t got the time, or the money , or the people who work for it. 

Who do they look for?

A. Criminals.

B. The drivers who have caused accidents.

C. News reports.

D. Missing children.

How many ways to find the missing children are mentioned in the passage?

A. Five.   B. Six.   C. Two.   D. Seven.

When a person is reported to be missing, they     .

A. might not know the exact reason   B. might find out the reason first

C. set out to look for him at once     D. first turn to the police for help

They put photos in newspapers or put posters because they think    .

A. people will tell them what will happen to the missing persons

B. the missing persons might come back after reading them

C. everyone will know the missing persons

D. all the people will read them

According to the passage, when they are looking for a missing child, they  .

A. can always find him

B. couldn’t always try every way mentioned above

C. just try one way or another

D. won’t give up until they find him

The other day, I happened to meet someone I hadn’t seen for many years. I couldn’t believe the change in him. In fact, he didn’t even seem like the    36   person.
When I first knew Bill , back in   37 , he was one of the most carefree（无忧无虑）people I had ever    38  . He was always ready to have a party. He thought    39  of going out for beer at three o’clock in the morning or driving 15 miles to see an old   40   he really liked. Bill and I were in the same class in college, and    41   was never dull when he was    42  . With him there was one wild    43   after another. Sometimes I wonder how we    44   to study for our exams.
Last week I was in Houston on business and I ran into Bill in the bar at the hotel.   45  , I wasn’t even sure it was    46  . Was this short-haired businessman really the same person? I wasn’t really sure until I came near him but it indeed was Bill. Now he works for a bank. He   47    most of the evening about his job, his new car and his house. How he had changed! Back when we were in college, the    48   thing Bill cared about were possessions(财富). Now they seemed to be his main    49  . Although I have changed quite a bit myself, somehow I never    50   Bill changing so much. My image of him   51    the one I had formed     52  the time when we were college students together.
I suppose it’s   53    to expect people to remain the same, especially    54   I have changed so much myself. But I must say that I enjoyed the old Bill much more than the new Bill. Maybe he    55   the same way about me.

The other day, I happened to meet someone I hadn’t seen for many years. I couldn’t believe the change in him. In fact, he didn’t even seem like the    36   person.
When I first knew Bill , back in   37 , he was one of the most carefree（无忧无虑）people I had ever    38  . He was always ready to have a party. He thought    39  of going out for beer at three o’clock in the morning or driving 15 miles to see an old   40    he really liked. Bill and I were in the same class in college, and    41   was never dull when he was    42  . With him there was one wild    43   after another. Sometimes I wonder how we    44   to study for our exams.
Last week I was in Houston on business and I ran into Bill in the bar at the hotel.   45  , I wasn’t even sure it was    46  . Was this short-haired businessman really the same person? I wasn’t really sure until I came near him but it indeed was Bill. Now he works for a bank. He   47    most of the evening about his job, his new car and his house. How he had changed! Back when we were in college, the    48   thing Bill cared about were possessions(财富). Now they seemed to be his main    49  . Although I have changed quite a bit myself, somehow I never    50   Bill changing so much. My image of him   51    the one I had formed     52  the time when we were college students together.
I suppose it’s   53    to expect people to remain the same, especially    54   I have changed so much myself. But I must say that I enjoyed the old Bill much more than the new Bill. Maybe he    55   the same way about me.

The next time your face turns red after tripping(绊倒) over your own feet in public, don’t try to hide it—a new study finds that showing your embarrassment actually makes other people view you as more reliable.

    Researchers at the University of California have carried out the study and found that embarrassment is a good signature of a person to whom you can entrust valuable resources.

    Not only are the findings useful for people seeking cooperative and reliable team members and business partners, but they also make for helpful dating advice.“Moderate(适度的) levels of embarrassment are signs of virtue. Our data suggests embarrassment is a good thing, not something you should fight.”said Matthew Feinberg, who led the study.

    While the most typical gesture of embarrassment is a downward gaze to one side while partly covering the face, a person who feels shame, as distinguished(区别) from embarrassment, will typically cover the whole face, Feinberg said.

    The results were got from a series of experiments. In the first experiment, 60 college students were videotaped describing embarrassing moments, such as making incorrect assumptions(假想) based on appearances. The college students also participated in the “Dictator Game” which is used in economics research to measure altruism(利己主义). For example, each was given 10 raffle tickets(奖券) and asked to keep a share of the tickets and give the reminder(提示物) to a partner.

    The findings, published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, showed that those who showed greater levels of embarrassment tended to give away more of their raffle tickets, indicating(﹦showing) greater generosity.

1.According to the passage, which of the following is thought to be reliable?

A. A person who feels shame.                

B. A person who hides his embarrassment.

C. A person who shows his embarrassment.   

D. A person who gives away more raffle tickets.

2.We can infer from Paragraph 3 that ________.

A. it’s useless to fight our embarrassment

B. people should try to overcome their embarrassment

C. embarrassed people are not good at doing business

D. people who show embarrassment can be good business partners

3.The “Dictator Game ” is used to _________.

A. measure the students’ economic status

B. test whether a student is generous or not

C. determine the different levels of embarrassment

D. record how each student reacts during embarrassing moments

4.We learn from the last paragraph that those who showed greater levels of embarrassment ____.

A. proved to be more generous           B. kept more of the raffle tickets

C. didn’t care for raffle tickets           D. were less reliable

The other day, I happened to meet someone I hadn’t seen for many years. I couldn’t believe the change in him. In fact, he didn’t even seem like the  1 person.

When I first knew Bill, back in  2  ,he was one of the most carefree（无虑）people I had ever  3  . He was always ready to have a party. He thought   4 of going out for beer at three o’clock in the morning or driving 50 miles to see an old  5  he really liked. Bill and I were in the same class in college, and  6  was never dull when he was 7  . With him there was one wild  8  after another. Sometimes I wonder how we  9  to study for our exams.

Last week I was in Houston on business and I ran into Bill in the bar at the hotel.  10  , I wasn’t even sure it was  11  . Was this short-haired businessman really the same person? I wasn’t really sure until I came near him but it indeed was Bill. Now he works for a bank. He 12   most of the evening about his job, his new car and his house. How he had changed! Back when we were in college, the  13  thing Bill cared about was possessions. Now they seemed to be his main  14  . Although I have changed quite a bit myself, somehow, I never  15 Bill changing so much. My image of him  16  the one I had formed 17  the time when we were college students together.

I suppose it’s 18  to expect people to remain the same, especially 19  I have changed so much myself. But I must say that I enjoyed the old Bill much more than the new Bill. Maybe he  20  the same way about me.

1．A．proper                  B．same                   C．usual                   D．right

2．A．childhood              B．the army              C．his thirties           D．college

3．A．considered            B．supposed             C．met                     D．expected

4．A．nothing                 B．much                  C．most                   D．none

5．A．man                      B．hospital               C．movie                 D．country

6．A．learning                 B．life                      C．work                  D．fun

7．A．in                         B．out                      C．away                  D．around

8．A．adventure              B．mistake               C．chance                D．joke

9．A．decided                 B．intended              C．managed             D．hoped

10．A．First of all           B．At first           C．Now and then      D．All the time

11．A．that                     B．us                       C．there                   D．him

12．A．thought               B．talked                  C．argued                D．spent

13．A．first                    B．last                     C．next                    D．only

14．A．interest                B．event                   C．subject                D．problem

15．A．forgot                 B．minded                C．liked                   D．imagined

16．A．remained             B．reminded             C．suggested            D．became

17．A．since                   B．from                   C．at                       D．till

18．A．unnecessary        B．foolish                 C．common             D．unusually

19．A．because               B．that                     C．how                    D．when

20．A．felt                     B．acted                   C．looked                 D．discovered