Fiona Famous was a very popular girl at school. She felt   1  as no other girl had so many friends at school and in the neighborhood.
But everything  2 on National Friendship Day. On that day in class everyone had to make three presents to give to their three best friends. Fiona   3  the task of choosing three from all the dozens of her friends. However, she was the only one in her class who did not  4 a present! She felt terrible, and spent hours  5 . Everyone came and comforted her for a while.But each one only stayed for a short time before leaving.This was   6  what Fiona had done so many times to others.
She   7  that she was a good companion and acquaintance (泛泛之交), but she had not been a true friend to anyone. She had tried to be close to everyone, but now she found that was not enough to create   8  friendships.
When she got home that night, Fiona told her mother about the whole thing. Her mother said,  "You can't be a close friend to everybody.It's only   9  to have a few true friends.The others will just be playmates or acquaintances.”
Hearing this, Fiona decided to change her way so that she could finally have some true friends. That night, in   10  , she thought about what she could do to get them. She thought about her mother. Her mother was always willing to  11 her, she put up with all of Fiona's dislikes and   12  , she always forgave her, she loved her a great deal ... That was what makes a   13  ！
And Fiona  14 , realizing that she already had the best friend that anyone could   15  .She fell asleep and had a good dream.

 LEEDS, England-A Leeds University psychology professor is teaching a course to help dozens of people forgive their enemies.

“The hatred (憎恨) we hold within us is a cancer,”Professor Ken Hart said, adding that holding in anger can lead to problems such as high blood pressure and heart disease.

More than 70 people have become members in Hart’s first 20-week workshop in London—a course he says is the first of its kind in the world.

These are people who are sick and tired of living with a memory. They realize their bitterness is a poison they think they can pour out, but they end up drinking it themselves, said Canadian-born Hart.

The students meet in groups of eight to ten for a two-hour workshop with an adviser every two weeks.

The course, ending in July, is expected to get rid of the cancer of hatred in these people.“People have lots of negative attitudes towards forgiveness,” he said.“People confuse（把……混同）forgiveness with forgetting. Forgiveness means changing from a negative attitude to a positive one”.

Hart and his team have made instructions to provide the training needed.

“The main idea is to give you guidelines on how to look at various kinds of angers and how they affect you, and how to change your attitudes toward the person you are angry with,”said Norman Claringbull, a senior expert on the forgiveness project. Hart said he believes forgiveness is a skill that can be taught, as these people“want to get free of the past”.

From this passage we know that       .

      A. high blood pressure and heart disease are caused by hatred

       B. high blood pressure can only be cured by psychology professors

       C. without hatred, people will have less trouble connected with blood and heart

       D. people who suffer from blood pressure and heart disease must have many enemies

If you are angry with somebody, you should       .

      A. try your best to defeat him or her

       B. never meet him or her again

       C. persuade him or her to have a talk with you

       D. relax yourself by not thinking of him or her any more

In Hart’s first 20-week workshop, people there can      .

      A. meet their enemies              B. change their minds

       C. enjoy the professor’s speech        D. learn how to quarrel with others

If you are a member in Hart’s workshop, you’ll       .

      A. pay much money to Hart         B. go to the workshop every night

C. attend a gathering twice a month          D. pour out everything stored in your mind

Chinese writer Mo Yan has won the 2012 Nobel Prize in Literature, announced the Swedish Academy in Stockholm on Thursday. The win makes Mo Yan the first Chinese citizen to win the Nobel in its 111-year history. Informed of his win today, the author, who was having dinner at home, was “overjoyed and scared”.

Born in 1955 to parents who were farmers, Mo Yan — a pen name for Guan Moye, grew up in Gaomi, Shandong province in eastern China. At the age of 12, he left school to work, first in agriculture, later in a factory. In 1976 he joined the army and during this time began to study literature and writing.

He published his first book in 1981, but found literary success in 1987 with Hong Gaoliang Jiazu, which was successfully filmed in the same year, directed by famous Chinese director Zhang Yimou. In his writing, Mo Yan draws on his youthful experiences and on settings in the province of his birth and his works show the life of Chinese people as well as the country’s unique culture and folk customs. Mo Yan is known as a productive writer. In addition to his novels, he has published many short stories and essays on various topics. Despite his social criticism, he is seen in his homeland as one of the most famous contemporary authors. Dozens of his works have been translated into English, French, Japanese and many other languages.

The awarding ceremony has been held on December 10. The winner has won a medal, a personal diploma and a cash award of about $1 million.

1.How did Mo Yan feel when he was told about the news?

A. Excited and proud.                                   B. Worried and cautious

C. Uncertain and shocked.                            D. Happy and surprised

2.One of Mo Yan’s characteristics of writing is that he ________.

A. focuses on social problems in the country

B. writes about topics he is familiar with

C. describes his characters in a unique way

D. explains difficult matters in simple words

3.What’s the best title for this passage?    

A. Mo Yan Wins Nobel Prize in Literature

B. An Introduction to Nobel Prize

C. How Mo Yan Gets Nobel Prize

D. A World Famous Writer, Mo Yan

Now that I am no longer young, I have friends whose mothers have passed away. I have heard these sons and daughters say they never fully appreciated their mothers ___36___ it was too late to tell them. I am blessed with the dear mother who is still alive. I ___37___ her more each day. My mother does not change, but I ___38___. As I grow older and wiser, I realize ___39___ an exceptional person she is. How ___40___ that I am unable to speak these words in her ___41___, but they flow easily from my pen.
　　How does a daughter begin to thank her mother for life itself? For the love, patience and just ___42___ hard work that go into ___43___ a child? For running after a toddler (学走步的小孩), for understanding a ___44___ teenager, for tolerating (忍受;容忍) a college student who knows ___45___ ? For waiting for the day when a daughter ___46___ how wise her mother really is?
　　How does a ___47___ woman thank a mother for ___48___ to be a mother? For being ready ___49___ advice (when asked) or remaining ___50____ when it is most appreciated? For not saying, “I told you so,” when she could have uttered these words ___51___? For being ___52___ herself-loving, thoughtful, patient, and forgiving?
I don’t know how, dear God, except to ask you to bless her as richly as she ___53___ and to help me live up to the example she has ___54___. I pray that I will look as good in the eyes of my children as my mother ___55___ in mine.

In a national spelling contest in America，an 11-year-old girl was asked to spell a certain word. But with her  36 voice the judges were not sure whether she spelled the word with the letter A or E. They talked it over and  37 decided to simply ask her what she had said. By now, the girl knew she had  38 the word. But instead of lying，she told the truth that she had said the  39 letter—so she lost the contest.
As the girl walked off the  40 ，the entire audience stood to their feet clapping to applaud her
41 . Later，dozens of newspaper reporters wrote about this 11-year-old girl’s honesty，even when it  42 her the contest. But the fact is that she  43 the biggest contest that day: the contest of her   44  .
Probably the biggest test of our character and honesty is that we would do if we knew we would never get  45 .This young girl could easily have  46 and nobody would have known it but herself. But that’s just it: She would know she did wrong. It’s been said, “If you  47 , you make yourself cheap.” This young girl was strong and smart enough to prize her own  48 and character more than the prize from a spelling  49 . Her respect for herself was more important than any   50 others might give her for winning a contest. She knew she would have to live with herself and the  51 she made in that moment will have long-lasting influence.
It’s so true that the choices you make today  52 what you are tomorrow. Our children will  53 our behaviour much more than our advice. So if we want them to  54 to be honest，we must show them the way by being honest ourselves. Remember，our kids are  55 what we do and how we live even when we don’t think they see or know.