The size and shape of your ears show your character more than any other part of the face. Other parts of the face change shapes as we get older, but ears do not change their shape. They only change in size.

Reading people’s character from their ears is a very old science. In the past people thought that a person’s ears with colour was dangerous. They also thought that the shape of the ears showed if a person was musical or not. Today, too many people believe that the size and shape of the ears help you know if a person is musical.

Ears are all different, and each different thing has a meaning. Next time you look at a person, see if his or her ears are large, medium-size, or small. Look at the lobes(耳垂). Do they stick to the face? Ears that are always red mean that a person may get angry easily. Ears that are always cold and nearly white colour mean that a person has a nervous(紧张的) character.

1.When a baby is born, ________.

A. his/ her ears are red

B. his/ her ears will not change all the life

C. his/ her ears will not change in shape

D. he/ she will get large ears

2.Reading people’s character from their ears is ____________.

A. only for music

B. an old idea

C. very new

D. a good way to talk with others

3.When one’s ears are red, it means________.

A. he is a kind man B. he is very happy

C. he may get angry easily D. he drinks too much

4.When one’s ears are always cold and nearly white color, it means________

A. He is friendly.

B. He is always polite.

C. He looks good.

D. He has a nervous character.

5.Which may be the best title of the article?

A. Looking at a person in the right way

B. Ears and colours

C. The change of ears

D. Ears and characters

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Crabs(螃蟹) are very interesting . If you put several of them in a basket, the moment one of them starts getting out, the other crabs will pull him back down. So none of the crabs ever ______ in getting out. They just keep ______ each other from climbing higher than the rest of them. We humans are ______ more like crabs than we think.

______ we realize it or not, most of us want other people to be just a little less successful than we are. Friends are always ______ about your success, as long as you’re not more successful than they are ! But one of the first secrets to success is not to compare your life with others. It’s strange that many of us seem to know ______ to live everybody else’s lives but our own. Even though what happens in someone else’s life has ______ to do with ours.

Successful people always try their best to see how great life can be, ______ jealous (嫉妒的)people only see the faults and mistakes of others. Being jealous of others is just a slow way of suicide (自杀) that will______ both your health and happiness.

You are born with a special ______ and personality that no one else has. So stop comparing yourself with others and enjoy your own natural abilities and develop your own style.

1.A. succeeds B. arrives C. checks

2.A. stop B. to stop C. stopping

3.A. hardly B. perhaps C. nearly

4.A. If B.Whether C. When

5.A. happy B. nervous C. mad

6.A. where B. when C. how

7.A. something B. nothing C. everything

8.A. so B. or C. while

9.A. harm B. separate C. improve

10.A. ability B. memory C. skill

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A book which is still being discussed by many Americans today is “Future Shock” by Alvin Toffler. In this book the writer describes the great changes which have been made in family life because of science and industry.

In the past, when more Americans lived on farms, the typical(典型的) family had many children. In a farm family, parents and their children often lived with grandparents. Uncles and aunts often lived nearby, too.

But now, when industry has become more important than agriculture(农业) in American life, families are becoming smaller and smaller. Industry requires workers who are ready and able to move off the land to move again whenever necessary. Large families can’t be moved from place to place as easily as smaller families can.

In the future, a typical family will be required to move even more often than now, so families will be even smaller .The typical family may keep childless and consist only of a man and a woman. A smaller number of families may raise(养育) children. These families may raise children as their main occupation, leaving the childless families free to move from job to job. What’s more, these child-raising families may raise other people’s children in addition to their own.

The book

Name

Future Shock

Writer

Alvin Toffler

Content(内容):

1. life has been changing greatly in America.

Typical family

Times

Members

Living places

In the past

Parents, many children, grandparents uncles and aunts

On the2..

At 3. _____.

A man, a woman and a child for most families

In or around the workplace

In the future

A man, a woman without a

4. for many families

In or around the workplace

Reason

People are required to move from place to place easily because of the development of both 5. __________ and industry

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