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　　Soon it would be the holidays, but before that, there were final 1 . All the kids had been working hard for some time, reviewing their 2 . If they didn't pass the exams, they would have to 3 them in September. There were usually a few who 4 , but Jane didn't want to be one of them. She had worked hard all year, but she was working so hard that her mother 5 her. She went to bed too late. The night before the big day, her mother 6 that she should have an early night and take a sleeping pill. She promised to 7 her up in the morning.

　　Jane was too 8 to fall asleep. Her mind kept jumping from subject to subject. At last, the 9 ．did work. In no time at all, she was sitting in the examination hall, looking at the paper, but she couldn't answer 10 of the questions. Everyone 11 her was writing pages and pages. 12 she thought hard, she couldn't find anything to write about. From time to time she looked at her 13 .

　　Time was running 14 . There was only an hour to 15 . She started one question, wrote two sentences, 16 and tried another. With only half an hour left she wrote 17 two sentences. By this time she was so worried that she started 18 . Her whole body shook. It shook so much that she woke up. She was still in bed and it had all been a terrible 19 . A minute later, 20 called her name.

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When I was a boy, every holiday that I had seemed wonderful. My parents took me by train or by car to a hotel by the   26  . All day, I seem to remember, I played on the sands with strange   27  children. We made houses and gardens, and   28   the tide destroy them. When the tide went out, we climbed over the rocks and looked down at the fish in the rock-pools.

     In those days the sun seemed to shine always   29  and the water was always warm. Sometimes we left beach and walked in the country,   30  ruined houses and dark woods and climbing trees. There were sweets in one’s pockets or good places where one could   31   ice creams. Each day seemed a life-time.

    32  I am now thirty-five years old, my idea of a good  holiday is much the same as it was.  I   33   like the sun and warm sand and the sound of   34  beating (拍打) the rocks. I no longer wish to   35   any sand house or sand garden, and I dislike sweets.    36  , I still love the sea and often feel sand running through my fingers.

     Sometimes I   37   what my ideal(理想的) holiday will be like when I am  old .  38   I want to do then, perhaps, will be to lie in bed, reading books about   39  who make houses and gardens with sands, who watch the incoming tide, who make themselves   40  on too many ices creams.

1.A. sea   B. lake           C. mountain           D. river

2.A. moved         B. excited        C. anxious             D. nervous

3.A. made          B. brought        C. watched             D. heard

4.A. gently        B. hardly         C. brightly            D. carefully

5.A. in need of B. in search of C. in place of D. in praise of

6.A. sell          B. make           C. buy                 D. offer

7.A. When          B. Although       C. If                  D. But

8.A.almost         B. perhaps        C. still               D. often

9.A.waves          B. wind           C. hands               D. feet

10.A.destroy       B. fix            C. use                 D. build

11.A. But          B. However        C. Otherwise           D. Besides

12.A.wonder        B, feel           C. understand          D. believe

13.A. All          B. Each           C. Both                D. Every

14.A. girls        B. boys           C. children            D. grown-ups

15.A. happy        B. tired          C. sad                 D. sick    

How to Tell If Someone Is Happy or Sad on the Phone

    Scientists have come up with some researches on what makes different types of people“tick”.

    The scientists at the University of Cambridge have developed new mobile phone technology called Emotion Sense that can tell if a caller is happy, angry or sad.

    Scientists hope to fit the speech recognition system to standard mobile phones and use it to determine emotions—it will also use a GPS tracking system to log where the call is made.

    And they’ve already made some pretty major breakthroughs into really getting under the skin of us humans.

    The results from the pilot scheme make interesting scientific reading. Among the key revelations (﹦facts) are that callers feel happier at home and sadder at work.

    To break it down, scientifically, it shows 45 percent of all emotions produced at home are “happy”and 54 percent of emotions at work are “sad”.

    Meanwhile, people show more “intense”(﹦nervous) emotions in the evening than they do in the morning.

    Of course, this could just be because most people feel too tired in the morning to get overly “intense”. Eating breakfast and getting to work on time is usually enough of an achievement.

    Anyway, the Emotion Sense technology has been developed by psychologists(心理学家) and computer scientists who say it uses speech recognition software and phone sensors(传感器) attached to standard smart phones to judge how callers’ emotions are changed by everyday factors.

    The sensors analyze voice samples and these are then divided into five categories: happiness, sadness, fearfulness, anger or neutral-—boredom or passivity(消极) would fit into this last category.

1.How many emotions can the sensors tell?

A. Two          B. Three             C. Four            D. Five

2.What does the underlined sentence mean?

A. Scientists have put something testing people’s emotions under humans’ skin.

B. There were some breakthroughs in this technology in getting something from people’s skin.

C. In this technology, people’s skin was broken through.

D. There were improvements in testing people’s emotions.

3.Why do most people feel less intense in the morning than in the evening?

A. Because morning is the start of a new day.

B. because they feel too tired in the morning.

C. Because of humans’ physiological structure.

D. Because of the fresh air and bright sunlight.

4.Which of the following hasn’t been put into the standard mobile phones?

A. Speech recognition software.             B. Phone sensors.

C. GPS sensors.                          D. Translation system.

Alone in the light at the dining room table, surrounded by a nearly dark house, I sat in tears.

Finally, I  36  in getting both kids to bed. As a new single  37 , I had to be both Mommy and Daddy to my two little children.

With full rights of my children, I  38  to give them a normal and comfortable home life. I  39  a happy face for them.

I rose slowly, trying not to  40  even the least sound which might start them up  41 . I tiptoed(蹑手蹑脚地走) out of their room,  42  the door part way, and went downstairs.

And loneliness(孤独). I  43  as thought I were at the bottom(底部) of a great sea of loneliness. It all  44  together and I was at once lost. I sat there,  45  crying.

Just then, a pair of little  46  went around my middle and a little face looked up at me. I looked down into my five-year-old son’s  47  face.

I was shy to be  48  crying by my son. “I’m sorry. Ethan, I didn’t know you were stillo awake.” I don’t know why, but so many people  49  when they cry and I was no exception. “I didn’t  50  to cry. I’m just a little  51  tonight.”

“It’s okay, Daddy. It’s okay to cry; you’re just  52 .”

I couldn’t express(表达) how happy he made me, this little boy, who was simple, gave me  53  to cry. He seemed to be saying that I didn’t have to always be  54 , and that sometimes it was possible to allow myself to feel weak and let out my  55 .

16．A. succeeded         B. escaped                    C. failed                       D. helped

17．A. mother                     B. worker                     C. parent               D. stepfather

18．A. followed                   B. grew                        C. joined                D. tried

19．A. put on               B. took on                    C. put down                 D. took in

20．A. fill                           B. stop                         C. make                       D. end

21．A. over                         B. again                 C. once                        D. already

22．A. locked               B. fixed                 C. opened                     D. closed

23．A. felt                          B. thought                    C. fell                           D. woke 

24．A. went                        B. afforded                   C. came                       D. agreed

25．A. loudly               B. hardly               C. widely               D. silently

26．A. arms                        B. legs                          C. hands                D. eyes

27． A. pleased                   B. helpful               C. excited                     D. angry

28． A. moved                    B. seen                         C. heard                D. touched

29．A. explain                     B. complain                  C. apologize    D. wonder

30． A. want                      B. mean                        C. appear        D. prefer

31．A. worried                    B. special               C. tired           D. sad

32．A. a person                   B. a male               C. terrific              D. nervous

33．A. decision                   B. interest                     C. right          D. truth

34．A. experienced              B. strong               C. single         D. able

35． A. ideas               B. secrets                     C. words        D. feelings