Would you completely trust your friends if you couldn’t see anything? If you are _____, do you believe they will catch you and help you stand up? Our teacher helped us to find the answer.

One day, our teacher Morrie said that he had a game for us to play. He _____us into two groups. One of the students from the first group stood in front of us with his______closed, and then falls backwards(向后). The_______ group stood behind him. Before he fell on the floor, they should catch him and not let him get hurt. Most of us were ___ with this. We were afraid that they wouldn’t catch us and we would hit the floor. So we didn’t move.

Finally, one student called Sarah, decided to _____. She closed her eyes, and slowly fell backwards. I thought she was really _____enough to do so.

For a moment, I was sure she was going to fall on the floor. But _____she hit the floor, the other students caught her and helped her stand up.

“Wow!” we were all surprised and also encouraged. Seeing this, Morrie smiled and said to the girl, “When you close your eyes, you can’t see anything. You won’t feel safe. When you are falling, the feeling gets______. You are not sure______you will hit the cold, hard floor or the warm, soft hands of your friends. But if you are brave enough to trust them, they won’t let you down.”

1.A. driving B. working C. falling D. standing

2.A. got B. put C. made D. divided

3.A. mouth B. hands C. eyes D. books

4.A. first B. second C. third D. last

5.A. uncomfortable B. happy C. excited D. interested

6.A. stop B. try C. leave D. refuse

7.A. afraid B. sick C. brave D. nervous

8.A. when B. before C. after D. until

9.A. better B. stronger C. weaker D. longer

10.A. whether B. why C. how D. when

We can see the mobile phone freaks(手机控)everywhere nowadays. Can you ________when we started to take our mobiles to a dinner table? This happens a lot, especially when we eat out. When a dish comes, we_________our mobiles and take photos of the food first instead of eating.

After that, we post the photos on Weibo or WeChat,________to be "liked,". Then we may check our mobiles from time to time during the meal, to see__________we get "liked" or not. We just can't leave our mobiles for only a meal.

Does that sound familiar to you? Do you do that often? If not, how do you feel when _____people do that?

A recent__________shows that spending time on photos of food__________the food less pleasant. To test this, some researchers did an experiment. Some people were asked to take photos _______they could enjoy food. As a result, it showed that the more photos they took, the______the food seemed to them. So, please don't take photos and just enjoy the food in front of you.

____________ the result, there are also some other bad___________of taking photos and posting the photos on the Internet before meals.________, they will check their mobiles many times."Does everyone like my________? I hope a lot of people like them! "It seems that your mobile secretly calls your name all the time, even when you are with real people.

So next time when you go out for dinner with your family or friends, how about________photos of food? Let the food be delicious as it is and share your life________people around you.

1.A. remember B. forget C. believe

2.A. take in B. take up C. take out

3.A. wait B. waited C. waiting

4.A. if B. whether C. which

5.A. other B. others C. the other

6.A. news B. study C. information

7.A. make B. made C. makes

8.A. but B. before C. after

9.A. less delicious B. delicious C. more delicious

10.A. Except B. Beside C. Besides

11.A. disadvantages B. expressions C. influences

12.A. Such as B. For example C. Like

13.A. photos B. mobiles C. food

14.A. take B. taking C. not taking

15.A. to B. with C. at

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