In our life, we have rarely expressed our gratitude to those who have lived with us these years. In fact, we do not have to 　 31　 a special time to thank the ones 　 32　 to us. If you have 　 33　 anything about giving thanks, it should be this: 　 34　 it now! Saying thanks is such a(n) 　 35　 way to add happiness to the 　 36　 .

Saying thanks not only brightens someone else’s world, but also brightens yours. If you are feeling 　 37　 or unloved, try reaching out to others. It may be just the medicine that you 　 38　 .

Of course, sometimes you cannot express gratitude 　 39　 . In that case, do not fall into 　 40 — speak up the first time you have a 　 41　 .

Once a young man, whose name was Mark Brian, was sent to a 　 42　 of India. The villagers, he had been told before, did not have a 　 43　 for “thank you”. But on arriving there, Mark Brian found that those villagers expressed their 　 44　 in other ways. Instead of saying thanks, it is their custom to 　45　 every favor with a favor of their own, and every kindness with the 　 46　 or more kindness. They did express their thanks.

I 　 47　 if we had no words in our 　 48　 for thank you”, would we do a better job of communicating our gratitude? And would we be more responsive (回应的), more 　 49　 and more caring?

Thankfulness can be transferred (传递) among people all around us—including ourselves, 　 50　 no one ever misunderstands a thankful heart.

31. A. cut down　　　　　　 B. give up　 　　 　　　 C. talk about 　　　 D. wait for

32. A. rudest　　　　　　　　 B. closest　　 　 　　　 C. similar 　 　　　 D. different

33. A. learned　　　　　　　　 B. offered　　 　 　　　 C. written　　　 　 　　　 D. doubted

34. A. carry　　　 　　　 B. change　 　　 　　　 C. give　　 　　 D. accept

35. A. fair　　　　　　　　　　 B. strange　　 　　　 C. extra　 　 　　　 D. easy

36. A. room　　　 　　 B. world　　　 　　　 C. school　　 　 D. station

37. A. left out　　　　　　　　 B. helped out 　　 　　　 C. called on　 　　 D. shown in

38. A. discover　　　　　　　 B. need　　 　　 　　　 C. invent 　 　　　 D. collect

39. A. carefully　　　　　　　 B. finally　 　　　 　　　 C. immediately　　　 D. slowly

40. A. illness　　　　　　　　 B. anger　　 　　 　　　 C. pleasure　　　　　 D. silence

41. A. suggestion　　　　　 B. condition　 　　 　　　 C. job　　 　 　　　 D. chance

42. A. village　　　　　　　　 B. hospital　 　　 　　　 C. city　　 　 　　　 D. ship

43. A. film　　　 　　　 B. play　　 　　　 　　　 C. word　　　 　 D. song

44. A. skill　　　　　　　　　　 B. gratitude　　 　　　 C. culture　　　 　 　　　 D. attitude

45. A. return　　　 　　 B. mix　　 　　　 　　　 C. follow　　 　　 D. check

46. A. public　　 　　　 B. same　　　 　 　　　 C. secret　　 　　 D. cheap

47. A. wonder　　　　　　　 B. forget　　 　　　　　　 C. promise　　　　　　 D. order

48. A. text　　　　　　　　　　 B. lesson　　 　 　　　 C. vocabulary 　　　 D. book

49. A. creative　　　　　　　 B. clever　　 　　　　　　 C. sensitive　 　　 D. beautiful

50. A. though　　　　 　　 B. unless　　 　　　 　　　 C. if 　　　 　　　 D. because

John H. Johnson was born in a black family in Arkansas city in 1918. His father died in an accident when John was six. He was reaching the high school age, but his hometown offered no high school for blacks.
　 Fortunately he had a strong-willed (意志坚强的) caring mother. John remembered that his mother told him many times, “Son, you can be anything you want really to be if you just believe.”She told him not to depend on others, including his mother. “You have to earn success, ”she said. “All the people who work hard don’t succeed, but the only people who do succeed are those who work hard.”
　 These words came from a woman with less than a third grade education. She also knew that believing and hard work don’t mean everything. So she worked hard as a cook for two years to save enough to take her son, who was then 15, to Chicago.
　 Chicago in 1933 was not the promised land that black southerners were looking for. John’s mother and stepfather could not find work. But here John could go to school, and here he learned the power of words—as an editor of the newspaper and yearbook at Du Sable High School. His wish was to publish a magazine for blacks.
　 While others discouraged him, John’s mother offered him more words to live by. “Nothing beats a failure but a try. ”She also let him pawn(典当)her furniture to get the $ 500 he needed to start the Negro magazine.
　 It is natural that difficulties and failures followed John closely until he became very successful. He always keeps his mother’s words in mind.“Son, failure is not in your vocabulary!”
　 Now John H. Johnson is one of the 400 richest people in America—worth $ 150 million.
1. John’s mother decided to move to Chicago because _____.
    A. his father died when John was very young
    B. life was too hard for them to stay on in their hometown
    C. John needed more education badly
    D. there were no schools for Negroes in their hometown
2. John’s mother ________________________.
     A. didn’t believe in or depend on others
     B. thought one could be whatever one wanted to be
     C. believed one would succeed without working hard
     D. thought no one could succeed without working hard
3. The underlined sentence“Nothing beats a failure but a try. ”means _____.
     A. if you try, you would succeed
     B. a failure is difficult to beat, even if you try
     C. a try is always followed by a failure
     D. no failure can be beaten unless you try
4. The story mainly tells us _____.
     A. how John H. Johnson became successful
     B. about the mental (心理的) support John’s mother gave him
     C. about the importance of a good education
     D. about the key to success for blacks

阅读理解

　　Here are a few tips we've put together to help you learn English well.

　　Speak, speak, speak!

　　Practise speaking as often as you can--even speaking to yourself is good practice.

　　Try recording yourself whenever you can．Compare your pronunciation with the master version(版本); see how you can do better and have another go. If you do this several times, you will find that each version is better than the last.

　　Why not learn with someone else?

　　It helps if you can learn with someone else. If you can persuade a friend or family member to study with you, it will make you keep working.

　　Don't get stuck by a word you don't know.

　　Practise improvising(即兴的) ways of getting your meaning across when speaking spontaneously(本能地), even if you don't know the exact words or phrases. Think of things you might want to say whenever you have spare time. Use facial expressions, hand movements, anything to get your meaning across.

　　Language learning is also about intuition(直觉).

　　Guesswork is an important way to learn a new language. When listening to recorded material, you aren't expected to understand everything first time round. If you play the same piece several times, you will most probably understand something new each time.

　　Build up your vocabulary.

　　A wide vocabulary is the key to successful language learning but don't try to learn too much at once. It's best to study frequently, for short periods of time. Take at most six or seven items of vocabulary and learn them. Put them into sentences to fix them in your mind, then come back to them later.

　　And above ail，have fun!

1．Why should one have himself recorded when practising speaking?

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A．To improve his speaking.

B．To record his own progress.

C．To encourage others to start.

D．To compare himself with others.

2．In the writer's opinion, which of the following is the most important in learning English?

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A．Speaking.　　　　B．Pleasure.

C．Intuition.　　　 D．Vocabulary.

3．It is implied in the passage that _____ is helpful when learning English.

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A．body language

B．a good material

C．a good friend

D．a proper dictionary

4．According to the passage, one should _____ when be is learning English.

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A．always work with other people

B．be able to guess everything new

C．often review what he has learnt

D．take little notice of grammar