My best friend is Cocoa, and I live in a senior-citizen apartment. Cocoa is a ten-year-old dog and I am a sixty-nine-year-old lady, so you can see we both qualify as   1   citizens.

    He is a   2   companion. He does many amusing things that make me   3  , and when that happens, he is so delighted   4   he just keeps it up.

    But one afternoon, Cocoa started acting strangely. I was sitting on the floor playing with him,   5   he started pawing and smelling at the right side of my   6  . He had never done anything like this ever before, and I told him, “No.” To Cocoa, one “no” is usually   7  , but not that day. He stopped briefly, and then   8   ran toward me, throwing his entire weight at the right side of my chest. He crashed into me and I cried in   9  , falling down to the floor. Soon after this, I felt a lump (肿块). I went to my doctors, and after X-rays  10   and lab work were done, they told me I had cancer.

   When cancer starts, a  11   of calcium (钙) builds. Then the lump or cancer attaches itself to this wall. When Cocoa jumped on me, the force of the impact broke the lump away from the wall. This made it possible for me to  12   the lump.

I had a complete mastectomy (乳房切除术) and the cancer has not   13   to any other part of my body. The doctors told me if the cancer had gone undetected even six more months, it would have been too   14  .

    Was Cocoa  15   of just what he was doing? I’ll never really know. What I do know is that Cocoa not only shares his life with me, he has also made sure that I will be around to share my life with him!

1.A. good               B. standard     C. senior           D. great

2. A. wonderful     B. tiring           C. hungry       D. bad

3. A. leave         B. cry          C. laugh            D. jump

4.A. as             B. when             C. and          D. that

5.A. when           B. then         C. though           D. as

6. A. chest         B. body         C. shoulder     D. arm

7. A. right         B. good         C. enough       D. unexpected

8. A. hurriedly         B. rudely           C. slowly   D.suddenly

9. A. pain              B. surprise     C. trouble  D.danger

10. A. experiments      B. researches       C. tests    D.papers

11. A. wall         B. cancer           C. body         D. number

12. A. watch            B. have         C. get          D. notice

13. A. ran              B. kept         C. entered      D. spread

14. A. common       B. late         C. much         D. early

15. A. ashamed      B. aware            C. afraid           D. tired

My best friend is Cocoa, and I live in a senior-citizen apartment. Cocoa is a ten-year-old dog and I am a sixty-nine-year-old lady, so you can see we both qualify as   1  citizens.
He is a   2  companion. He does many amusing things that make me   3 , and when that happens, he is so delighted   4  he just keeps it up.
But one afternoon, Cocoa started acting strangely. I was sitting on the floor playing with him,   5  he started pawing and smelling at the right side of my   6 . He had never done anything like this ever before, and I told him, “No.” To Cocoa, one “no” is usually   7 , but not that day. He stopped briefly, and then   8  ran toward me, throwing his entire weight at the right side of my chest. He crashed into me and I cried in   9 , falling down to the floor. Soon after this, I felt a lump (肿块). I went to my doctors, and after X-rays  10  and lab work were done, they told me I had cancer.
When cancer starts, a  11  of calcium (钙) builds. Then the lump or cancer attaches itself to this wall. When Cocoa jumped on me, the force of the impact broke the lump away from the wall. This made it possible for me to  12  the lump.
I had a complete mastectomy (乳房切除术) and the cancer has not   13  to any other part of my body. The doctors told me if the cancer had gone undetected even six more months, it would have been too   14 .
Was Cocoa  15  of just what he was doing? I’ll never really know. What I do know is that Cocoa not only shares his life with me, he has also made sure that I will be around to share my life with him!

My best friend is Cocoa, and I live in a senior-citizen apartment．Cocoa is a ten-year-old dog and I am a sixty-nine-year-old lady, so you can see we both qualify as   1  citizens.

 He is a   2  companion．He does many amusing things that make me  3  , and when that happens, he is so delighted  4  he just keeps it up.

 But one afternoon, Cocoa started acting strangely．I was sitting on the floor playing with him,  5  he started pawing and smelling at the right side of my  6  ．He had never done anything like this ever before, and I told him, “No.” To Cocoa, one “no” is usually  7 , but not that day．He stopped briefly, and then  8   ran toward me, throwing his entire weight at the right side of my chest．He crashed into me and I cried in   9  , falling down to the floor．Soon after this, I felt a lump （肿块）．I went to my doctors, and after X-rays  10   and lab work were done, they told me I had cancer.

 When cancer starts, a  11   of calcium （钙） builds．Then the lump or cancer attaches itself to this wall．When Cocoa jumped on me, the force of the impact broke the lump away from the wall．This made it possible for me to  12   the lump.

 I had a complete mastectomy （乳房切除术） and the cancer has not  13  to any other part of my body．The doctors told me if the cancer had gone undetected even six more months, it would have been too  14  .

 Was Cocoa  15   of just what he was doing? I’ll never really know．What I do know is that Cocoa not only shares his life with me, he has also made sure that I will be around to share my life with him!

1．A．good                     B．standard              C．senior                 D．great

2．A．wonderful             B．tiring                   C．hungry                D．bad

3．A．leave                     B．cry                     C．laugh                  D．jump

4．A．as                         B．when                  C．and                     D．that

5．A．when                    B．then                    C．though                D．as

6．A．chest                    B．body                   C．shoulder              D．arm

7．A．right                     B．good                   C．enough                D．unexpected

8．A．hurriedly               B．rudely                 C．slowly                 D．suddenly

9．A．pain                      B．surprise               C．trouble                D．danger

10．A．experiments         B．researches           C．tests                   D．papers

11．A．wall                    B．cancer                 C．body                   D．number

12．A．watch                 B．have                    C．get                      D．notice

13．A．ran                     B．kept                    C．entered                D．spread

14．A．common             B．late                     C．much                  D．early

15．A．ashamed              B．aware                  C．afraid                  D．tired

Just 25 years ago, the top three career hopes for young people in Britain were teacher, banker and doctor. Now, they want to be sports star, pop star and actor, according to a survey by the Guardian newspaper.

    Rachel, a character in the popular TV show Glee, may be said to speak for British teenagers. “Nowadays being nobody is worse than being poor.” He said.

    Emma Brockes, a reporter with the Guardian, believes it is “the bad influence of celebrity(名人) culture”  that is to blame. “When children wanted to be doctor, it wasn’t because they were really more interested in the functions of human organs than they are now; you go where the respect is.” She wrote.

    It could explain why there has been such an increase in levels of anxiety and depression. Dr Carlo Stranger, of Tel Aviv University, studied the sense of self for his new book The Fear of Insignificance: Searching for Meaning in the 21^st Century. He told the Daily Mail that young people now are “affected by the close connection to the global entertainment network, which has turned ranking and rating people according to wealth and celebrity into an obsession(痴迷).”

    “As humans, we naturally measure ourselves to those around us, but now we live in a global village. We are comparing ourselves with the most ‘important’ people in the world and finding ourselves wanting…” he said. Today, even high achievers constantly fear that they are insignificant when they compare themselves to success stories in the media.

    The way out? Simply stop measuring your achievement through a fantasy of wealth and celebrity. Dr Strenger said that it is a process called “active self-acceptance through a constant search for self-knowledge through life.”

    “The fear of insignificance can only be overcome through strong individual and cultural identity over and above measurable achievement,” he said.

1..Nowadays, young people in Britain want to         .

    A．choose jobs based on interests       B．become famous

    C．be teacher, banker and doctor        D．earn more money

2..．According to Emma Brockes, what causes the increasing level of anxiety?

    A．Choices of future careers.           B．Access to the global network.

    C．Bad influences of celebrities.       D．Endless comparison with others.

3..．Which of the following is true of Dr Carlo Strenger?

    A．He is a newspaper reporter.          B．He is the spokesman of teenagers.

    C．He tells success stories on TV.      D．He is against ranking people with wealth.

4..．Dr Carlo Strenger suggests that young people should         .

    A．seek active self-acceptance          B．stick to their own dreams

    C．make great achievements              D．search for the secret of wealth

5..The text is mainly written to         .

    A．talk about job choices               B．analyse a social phenomenon

    C．encourage celebrity culture          D．introduce three famous people

Molly信箱是一个报刊栏目，主持人Molly回答读者提出的各种问题。第61至65题是五位读者的来信。请从A、B、C、D、E和F中为每封来信选出最合适的回复，并在答题纸上将该选项桔号涂黑。选项中一项是多余选项。

1.Dear Molly,

      I have a problem. My parents are always talking to me about studying. They want me to study harder so I can go to a good school. I know studying is very important, but my parents put too much pressure on me. How can I explain to my parents that I need some free time?

                                                             ------ Overworked

2.Dear Molly,

       My best friend Tony is a nice young man, but he has a bad habit. He is always late. No matter where he is going to what he is doing, he is never on time. Once he turned up thirty minutes late for a meeting! What can I do to break him of this bad habit?

                                                         ------ Worried

3.Dear Molly,

       I have a new roommate named Louis. He is a good friend of mine, but he is driving me crazy because he is very untidy. He leaves his dirty clothes everywhere, and he never makes his bed. I am extremely neat. What can I do?

                                                                  ----Unhappy

4.Dear Molly,

      My cousin plays computer games a lot and he keeps on talking to me about various games. I don’t have any interest at all, but I find it difficult to stop him without hurting his feelings. Would you kindly give me some advice?

                                                                 --- Shy

5.Dear Molly,

      I’m feeling upset these days because the result of my last English exam was not as good as I had expected. My teacher comforted me, saying “Don’t worry. You can do better next time.” But I’m still feeling bad. I need your help.  

                                                         ----Disappointed

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