When a lion was asleep, a little mouse began running up and down beside him, ___1.__made some noise. This soon wakened the lion. ___2.__(lose)his temper, he caught the mouse in his paws and was about to kill it. The mouse, terrified, pleaded to the lion to spare ___3.___life.

"Please let me go," it cried, "and one day I will repay you for your ___4.___(kind)." The idea of so small a creature ever being able to do anything for him amused the lion so much __5._he laughed aloud. He thought, “How could this little mouse help me?” ___6.__, he lifted his paws and let it go.

But the mouse's chance came after all. A few days later, when the lion was wandering in the forest, he __7.__ (catch) in a trap.

The hunters wanted to take him alive to the king, __8.___he tied him to a tree, and went away to look for a wagon.

Just then the little mouse passed ____9.__, and saw the sad lion. It went up to him and soon gnawed away(啃断) the ropes. “Was I right?” asked the little mouse. This lion ___10.__ (nod) his head and thanked the little mouse.

Shu Pulong has helped at least 1000 people bitten (咬) by snakes. “It was seeing people with snake bites (伤口) that led me to this career,” he said.

    In 1963, after his army service, Shu entered a medical school and later became a doctor of Chinese medicine. As part of his studies he had to work in the mountains. There he often heard of people who had their arms and legs cut off after a snake bite in order to save their lives.

    “I was greatly upset by the story of an old farmer I met. It was a very hot afternoon. The old man was pulling grass in his fields when he felt a pain in his left hand. He at once realized he had been bitten by a poisonous snake. In no time he wrapped a cloth tightly around his arm to stop the poison spreading to his heart. Rushing home he shouted ‘Bring me the knife!’ Minutes later the man lost his arm forever.”

    “The sad story touched me so much that I decided to devote myself to helping people bitten by snakes,” Shu said.

1.The best headline (标题) for this newspaper article is ______ .

   A. Astonishing Medicine              B. Farmer Loses Arm

   C. Dangerous Bites                 D. Snake Doctor

2.The farmer lost his arm because______.

   A. the cloth was wrapped too tightly     B. he cut it off to save his life

   C. Shu wasn’t there to help him      D. he was alone in the fields

3.She decided to devote himself to snake medicine because______.

   A. he wanted to save people’s arms and legs B. he had studied it at a medical school

   C. he had seen snakes biting people            D. his army service had finished

4.Why did Shu go into the mountains? ______

   A. He wanted to study snake bites .            B. He wanted to help the farmers .

   C.He was being trained to be a doctor .         D. He was expected to serve in the army .

5.Which of the following words can take the place of the word career in the first paragraph(段)? ______  

A. conclusion      B. story       C. incident     D. job

完成句子 (用合适的词组填空，使句子通顺完整。每空1分， 共20分)
【小题1】(毫无疑问)________ ______ ______ _______ _______he is an excellent teacher.
【小题2】The new president_______ ________ ________(当权) yesterday.
【小题3】I’d like to buy you a meal _______ _________ (作为回报)for all your help.
【小题4】You shouldn’t _________ __________(丧失信心) even you failed many times.
【小题5】The bottle can ____________ __________ (充当)a container.
【小题6】On hearing the sad news, the girl burst out crying.（替换句子）
="On" hearing the sad news, the girl ________ ________ ________.
【小题7】His father went to Australia _______ ________ _______(为了寻找) gold.

 How to Fight Winter Blue

Winter’s short days are more than cold. For many people, winter depression, the most common type of Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), is as much a part of the season as hats and scarves.

Winter serious SAD sufferers may need medical treatment. Those feeling a little blue can help themselves by sticking to a healthy lifestyle.

Here are some tips:

Pace yourself. Don’t expect to do everything you normally can. Set a realistic schedule. Don’t listen to negative thinking, like blaming yourself or expecting to fail.

Get involved in activities that make you feel good or feel like you’ve achieved something. For example, play table tennis or badminton.

If you are feeling depressed, you may feel like staying away from friends. Yet this is a time when friends’ support can be helpful. Call them regularly. Remember, the more we put off calling or visiting a friend, the harder it is to rebuild a friendship.

Think clearly about what’s wrong or right. Instead of giving in to vague feelings of sadness, look at your problems objectively. Break down problems into specific issues that you can work on.

Regular exercise helps to prevent and ease depression.

Eat well. Studies show that a healthy diet can help to maintain (keep) a healthy body and mind. The vitamins, minerals and micro—nutrients found in balanced diet may help our bodies to produce feel-good hormones(荷尔蒙). Foods containing chemicals to help produce feel-good hormones include bananas, turkey, nuts and seeds. Eat at least five pieces of fruit and vegetables every day.

P.S.  Symptoms(症状) of SAD:

No interest or pleasure in things you used to enjoy.

Increased need for sleep.

A change in eating habits, especially an appetite for sweet or starchy(含淀粉的) foods.

Weight gain

A heavy feeling in the arms or legs

A drop in energy level

Difficulty in concentrating

Overly emotional

Avoidance of friends and social situations

Frequent feelings of guilt

Long-term feelings of hopelessness, and physical problems, such as headaches

1.The writer of the passage agrees that             .

2.We may infer that       , according to the passage.

3.．When we pace ourselves, we                     .

4.The underlined expression “ease depression” in the passage probably means “        ”

5.The passage includes the following except             .

F. Scott Fitzgerald, born on September 24,1896, an American novelist, was once a student of St. Paul Academy, the Newman School and attended Princeton. University for a short while. In 1917 he joined the army and was posted in Alabama, where he met his future wife Zelda Sayre. Then he had to make some money to impress her.

His life with her was full of great happiness, as he wrote in his diary : “ My own happiness in the past often approached such joy that I could share it even with the person dearest to me but had to walk it away in quiet streets and take down parts of it in my diary. ”

This side of paradise, his first novel, was published in 1920. encouraged by its success, Fitzgerald began to devote more time to his writing. Then he continued with the novel the Beautiful and Damned (1922), a collection of short stories Thales of the Jazz Age (1922), and a play The Vegetable (1923). But his greatest success was The Great Gatsby, published in 1925,which quick brought him praise from the literary world. Yet it failed to give him the needed financial security. Then, in 1926, he published another collection lf short stories All the Sad Young Men.

However, Fitzgerald’s problems with his wife Zelda affected his writing. During the 1920s he tried to reorder his life, but failed. By 1930, his wife had her first breakdown and went to a Swiss clinic. During this period he completed novels Tender Is the Night in 1934 and The love of the last Tycoon in 1940.While his wife was in hospital in the United States, he got totally addicted to alcohol. Sheila Graham, his dear friend, helped him fight his alcoholism.

1. How many novels written by Fitzgerald are mentioned in the passage ?

A. 5             B. 6            C. 7                D. 8

2.Which of the following is the correct order to describe Fitzgerald’s life according to the passage?

a. He became addicted to drinking.

b. He studied at St. Paul Academy.

c. He published his first novel This Side of Paradise.

d. The Great Gatsby won high praise. 

e. He failed to reorder his life.

f. He joined the army and met Zelda.

A. f-c-e-a-b-d                   B. b-e-a-f-c-d    

C. f-d-e-c-b-a                       D. b-f-c-d-e-a

3.We can infer from the passage that Fitzgerald            .

A. had made some money when he met Zelda in Alabama.

B. was well educated and well off before he served in the army

C. would have completed more works if his wife hadn’t broken down

D. helped his friend get rid of drinking while his wife was in hospital

4.The passage is probably followed by a concluding paragraph about_______  .

A. Zelda’s personal life

B. Zelda’s illness and treatment

C. Fitzgerald’s friendship with Graham

D. Fitzgerald’s contributions to the literary (文学的)world