Mrs. Green, including her husband and three children, lived in a city,   41_was very near the countryside. She worked  42  a teacher and gave music lessons at a school. Of course she was fond of.  43__. Mrs. Green had a good voice and she  44 her classes exciting. But she had a   45 point. Some of her notes (音调) were so high that they sounded like a door which needed   46 . In order to improve her notes, she took   47  chance that she could find to practise.

As her house was not big, she couldn't practise  48__ in it. So she usually left home, walking and singing  49 the country road. She practised her high notes  50 walking. However, each time she heard a person or a car   51  along the road, she  52 singing. She did not want her high notes to be  53 , for she was shy.

One afternoon a fast open car came up to her so  54   and so fast that she didn't  55 it until the car was only a few meters. She was practising some of her  56 and most difficult notes at that time. As the car passed by, she saw a  57 expression come over the driver's face. He stopped suddenly to  58  all the tires (轮胎) carefully.

Mrs. Green felt it shy to tell the driver what the   59  he had heard really was. The driver found 60  wrong, got back into the car and drove off.

When I was small and my grandmother died, I couldn’t understand why I had no tears. But that night when my dad tried to cheer me up, my laugh turned into crying.

.   So it came as no surprise to learn that researchers believe crying and laughing come from the same part of the brain. Just as laughing has many health advantages, scientists are discovering that so, too, does crying.

Whatever it takes for us to reduce pressure is important to our emotional (情感的) health, and the study found that 85 percent of women and 73 percent of men report feeling better after crying.

Besides, tears attract help from other people. Researchers agree that when we cry, people around us become kinder and friendlier and they are more ready to provide support and comfort. Tears also enable us to understand our emotions better; sometimes we don't even know we're very sad until we cry. We learn about our emotions through crying, and then we can deal with them.

Just as crying can be healthy, not crying — holding back tears of anger, pain or suffering — can be bad for physical health. Studies have shown that too much control of emotions can lead to high blood pressure, heart problems and some other illnesses. If you have a health problem, doctors will certainly not ask you to cry. But when you feel like crying, don't fight it. It's a natural — and healthy— emotional response.

1. Why didn't the author cry when her grandmother died?

A. Because her father did not want her to feel too sad.

B. Because she did not love her grandmother.

C. Because she was too shy to cry at that time.

D. The author doesn’t give the explanation.

2. It can be inferred from the text that ______.

A. there are only two ways to keep healthy

B. crying does more good to health than laughing

C. crying and laughing play the same roles

D. emotional health has a close relationship to physical health

3.According to the author, which of the following statements is true?

A. Crying is the best way to get help from others.

B. We must cry if we want to reduce pressure.

C. We will never know our deep feelings unless we cry.

D. Fighting back tears may cause some health problems.

4.What might be the most suitable title for the text?

A. Why We Cry              B. How to Keep Healthy

C. Power of Tears            D. A New Scientific Discovery

                                  A

Before I started school, people felt that I was not going to be successful. At the age of four I started speech lessons because basically I could not speak well enough for anyone to understand me. The story goes downhill from here.

The first grade was a struggle. I not only had difficulty speaking, but also felt nervous about the fact that I was expected to learn to read and I just couldn’t do it. The second grade was not much better. I still struggled with the inability to read. It was in the third grade that the school district built a new school close to my home. I remember going there with my parents and helping to get the school ready so that we could move to the new one. However, things were still not much better as far as my schooling was concerned and did not get better for the next two years.

It was in the fifth grade. Mrs. Wakefield was my teacher, and if ever there was a teacher that deserved a gold star, it was her. She did not make me feel defeated. On the contrary, she did her best to let me know that I could be whatever I wanted to be. And that is just what I did.

For the past 22 years, I have been a fifth grade teacher. Because of Mrs. Wakefield’s influence on my life, I am now encouraging students who have had difficulties in their lives to believe that they can overcome any difficulty and become someone. I have won numerous awards up to now, such as Teacher of the Year. I owe it all to one fifth grade teacher who believed in me and challenged me to be all that I could be.

1.The writer ______ when he was in the third grade.

2.We can learn from the passage that the writer ______.

3.What is the writer’s purpose in writing the passage?

Flying first class was a new experience for us. We were happy to join the other few passengers who  36  fly in such luxury（奢侈）. It was almost as if we had a sense of  37  to be sitting with the group of people that  38  us.

As we chatted away about our travel, I could hear people around us talked about  39  business meetings. It wasn’t long before I __40  that these people were used to flying in luxury. They are 41 people I thought.

We noticed that the stewardess（女乘务员）was working non-stop to ensure the  42  of the first class passengers. She could not walk by a seat without receiving a(n)  43 . I thought how much she must love her job,   44  she smiled kindly at each person while  45  to their needs.

As the stewardess walked by our seats near the  46  of the flight, I looked at her and said, “Thank you and I hope you’ll have a great night.”She stopped at our seats with a look of  47  , bent down, looked at me and said, “Excuse me?” I  48  my words and she smiled in a rather  49  way, almost as if I had asked her a question that she did not know how to answer. After a few moments she said, “I can  50  you work with the public.” “Why do you think so?” I asked. She answered very quietly, “Because you are the  _51  passenger here to say thank you and I really  52  your kindess.

The sense of belonging to the elite（精英）group of people in first class  53  as we heard her words. Our seats in luxury offered us  54  a comfortable ride. We were reminded that without  55  we would be flying in no class.

1.A. would              B. should                   C. could           D. must

2.A. success                B. disappointment       C. shame          D. pride

3.A. watched            B. accompanied          C. surrounded           D. welcomed

4.A. boring         B. busy             C. pleasant                 D. tiring

5.A. heard          B. realized         C. remembered               D. asked

6.A. brave          B. kind                 C. important                D. fortunate

7.A. safety         B. rest                 C. food                     D. comfort

8.A. note           B. order                C. suggestion               D. tip

9. A. when         B. while                C. for                      D. though

10. A. attending        B. looking              C. taking               D. turning

11. A. side             B. middle               C. end                  D. front

12.A. dislike           B. happiness            C. kindness             D. disbelief

13.A. repeated     B. wrote                C. showed               D. explained

14.A. happy         B. lovely               C. kind                 D. funny

15. A. help        B. hear                 C. make                 D. tell

16. A. best             B. only             C. simple                   D. usual

17. A. doubt            B. appreciate           C. remember                 D. misunderstand

18.A. lost         B. rose                 C. disappeared          D. showed

19. A. rather than      B. better than      C. less than                D. more than

20. A. happiness        B. money            C. kindness             D. trust

根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，选项中有两项为多余选项

Once upon a time, there was an island where all the feelings lived. Happiness, Sadness, Knowledge, and all of the others, including Love.  1.  On hearing this, they all made boats and left, except for Love.

Love was the only one who stayed. Love wanted to hold out until the last possible moment.

2.

Richness was passing by Love in a grand boat. Love said, “Richness, can you take me with you?”

Richness answered, ”No, I can’t. There is a lot of gold and silver in my boat. There is no place here for you.”

Love decided to ask Vanity who was also passing by in a beautiful vessel. “Vanity, please help me!”

“I can’t help you, Love. You are all wet and might damage my boat,” Vanity answered.

Sadness was close by so Love turned to him and asked, “  3.  ”

“Oh, Love. I am so sad and I need to be alone.”

Happiness passed by Love, too, but she was so happy that she did not even hear when Love called her.

Suddenly, there was a voice, “Come,  Love. I will take you.” It was an elder. So blessed and overjoyed, Love even forgot to ask the elder where they were going. When they arrived at dry land, the elder went her own way. Realizing how much was owed the elder, Love asked Knowledge, another elder, “ 4. ”

“It was Time.” Knowledge answered.

“Time?” asked Love. “ But why did Time help me?”

Knowledge smiled with deep wisdom and answered, “5. ”

E. Who helped me ?

F. Because only Time is capable of understanding how valuable Love is

G. Time is so kind to give a hand to anybody