The sailors were sure to come back for the captain's chest (箱子). We quickly went to the nearest village to ask for help. But everyone was so a【1】 that no one had the courage to come back to the inn with us.

We went back to the inn and l【2】 the door behind us. The captain was lying on the floor. We soon found his key on a string a【3】 his neck. My mother took the key and we hurried up to open his chest. It was full of clothes and other things, but right at the b【4】 there were some papers and a bag of gold. My mother started c【5】 out the money the captain owed us.

I suddenly heard the tapping of the blind man's stick o【6】. We heard him knocking on the door and t【7】 to open it, but thankfully it was locked. He walked off and some moments later, we heard a whistle blowing.

"I'll take this to make up the difference, "I said and took the p【8】.

We quickly left the inn and went to hide near a bridge by the river. Behind us we heard footsteps running, and we saw a light moving in the darkness.

Seven or eight men, i【9】 the blind man, were at the inn. The blind man shouted orders as the others ran inside.

"Bill's dead." came a voice, "S【10】 has opened the chest."

"Is it there? Flint's papers, I mean." cried Pew, the blind man.

"No, there are no papers, "said another voice.

"The boy from the inn," shouted Pew. "The boy took the papers. Find him! Search the house!"

—The sooner, the better. I am expecting a journey as wonderful as our last one on ship.

A.when we will have a journeyB.where we will have a journey

C.when will we have a journeyD.where will we have a journey

—Volleyball means a lot to her, and the championship is coming soon.

A.canB.shouldC.mustD.may

—I was really _________ when I heard about it, because it is the first time that an Asian film won the award.

A.surprisedB.luckyC.confidentD.sure

—Don't give up and let's have another try together.

A.SinceB.BecauseC.UnlessD.Though

Help Needed

I'm Thompson, an international student from Britain. I would like to know how to borrow books from the school library. Should I bring my student’s card with me? How long can I keep a book? I wonder if you can provide any tips on borrowing books.

Please e-mail me at Thompson2005@gmail. com. Thank you!

Thompson 注意事项：

1. 邮件须包括图书馆的借阅要求及注意事项，要求符合情境、语句通顺、意思连贯；

2. 词数在90个左右，邮件的首尾已在答题卡上给出，不计入总词数；

3. 邮件不得提及真实的人名、校名等相关信息；

4 . 邮件内容必须写在答题卡的指定位置上。

___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

These patients can't be cured __________________________________medical treatment.

Can we forget bad memories? Someone might tell you that time is the only “cure”. But this might be not true.

Researchers at Canada's McGill University have tested a pill that can help you forget bad memories. They tested it on 60 people and found it to be useful.

All 60 people had experienced painful romantic relationships and wanted to forget them. In the study, they were asked to write about these bad memories. Then, they took a pill that is usually used to treat high blood pressure （血压）. They then recalled their bad memories by reading what they wrote earlier. In the end, they talked about their feelings, saying that they were finally able to forget their bad experiences.

Dr. Alain Brunet, who led the study, believes that the pill can ease（缓解）the pain that bad memories bring. People can take it after bad things happen to them.

How did the pill do this? In fact, your memories change all the time. They’re like papers on your computer. Every time you recall and "open” the papers, you might happen to make some changes and "save" them. Researchers believe that the pill can stop something in the brain from "re-saving" these memories. This means some details of the memory are lost.

However, there are some ethical （伦理的）worries about this treatment. Some people might use it to forget things that they should be learning from, such as when they did a crime.

A11 of us can think of bad events in our lives that were terrible at the time but make us who we are. They also help us all avoid the mistakes of the past. I'm not sure we want to erase those memories, said Rebecca Dresser, a medical ethicist.

How do we form memories?

The part of our brain known as the hippocampus （海马体）is important for forming new memories. Scientists found it after studying a patient named Henry Molaison in the 1950s. After Molaison's hippocampus got hurt during an operation, he couldn't store new memories. But he could remember memories from before the operation. This means long-term memories are stored outside the hippocampus. Scientists believe they are stored in the neocortex（新皮质），which controls attention and planning.

【1】The writing purpose of this passage is ________.

A.to introduce a new medical inventionB.to describe the bad influence of the pill

C.to tell stories about a patient named HenryD.to discover the fun secrets of hippocampus

【2】The pill tested on people can ________.

A.cause the brain to fix memoriesB.recall what they wrote down before

C.help people remember things easilyD.help people forget painful memories

【3】Which of the following does Rebecca Dresser agree with in Paragraph Six?

A.Some memories are harmful to people's lives.

B.The pill can help avoid the mistakes of the past.

C.Experiencing bad events makes us different from others.

D.The pill should be used to reduce people's sufferings from bad memories.

【4】We can infer from the passage that________.

A.the pill can certainly stop criminals from doing crimes

B.taking the pill will be harmful to people's physical health

C.the pill has been produced and used by the public America

D.medical workers are still unsure about the influence of the pill

In most cases. I don't think it possible ________________________________________.

—________ That's the last thing in the world I ever want to do.

A.It depends.B.With pleasure.C.It's up to you.D.No, thanks.