I used to live in a separate room. I loved living   36  . But one day it all changed when my brother Mike asked to  37  my room. At first, my parents said “no” to him, but at last my mother  38  . I cried and begged my parents not to do this, 39  it didn’t work.
As soon as Mike entered my room, my room began to become  40  . To my anger, he often left his unwashed clothes everywhere!
One evening, I was doing my homework on my computer while Mike was listening to music. Later, I left my  41  to get some water. A shock was  42  me when I returned. He had used my computer to play games. I had  43    to save the homework. Sadly, he closed the program  44  saving it--- all my effort had disappeared! I shouted at him at the top of my  45  . He cried a lot as my mother   46  him. My mother also asked him to leave my room  47  .
Then I did my homework once again. At 11:00PM, I  48  it. I was about to turn off my computer when I saw the  49  of my brother that he had put on my table. I looked at his lovely face and remembered how he was crying when my mom punished him. I really felt  50  for him.
I went to him. He was  51  in my parents’ bed. I kissed his forehead. He woke up, 52  and said, “I’m sorry, I won’t bring you  53  again.”
I was so  54   and I hugged him, saying, “From now on, my room is not only  55  . It is ours!”

【小题1】
A.somewhere B.alone C.sadly D.differently
【小题2】
A.clean B.paintC.visit D.share
【小题3】
A.left B.agreedC.smiled D.moved
【小题4】
A.as B.if C.but D.so
【小题5】
A.dirty B.emptyC.beautifulD.dark
【小题6】
A.officeB.TVC.book D.seat
【小题7】
A.waiting forB.looking throughC.looking afterD.thinking of
【小题8】
A.decided B.forgotten C.wanted D.tried
【小题9】
A.on B.for C.after D.without
【小题10】
A.water B.desk C.voice D.head
【小题11】
A.surprised B.praised C.served D.beat
【小题12】
A.at once B.on time C.by chance D.after all
【小题13】
A.droppedB.finishedC.improved D.changed
【小题14】
A.coat B.toy C.photo D.gift
【小题15】
A.good B.sorry C.lucky h D.appy
【小题16】
A.playing B.crying C.sleeping D.eating
【小题17】
A.showed up B.gave upC.went awayD.got up
【小题18】
A.informationB.trouble C.advice D.news
【小题19】
A.movedB.angry C.upsetD.nervous
【小题20】
A.his B.ours C.theirs D.mine

单词拼写
【小题1】You can’t use father’s car without his p_________.
【小题2】Having a b________ diet is good for our health.
【小题3】The math problem is so c_________ that no one in the class can work it out.
【小题4】I was wondering if you could do me a f_________, that is , to help me take care of my pets.
【小题5】The scientists spent 3 months g_________ information for the biological experiment.
【小题6】She left a very c________ message on my answering machine. I really couldn’t understand what she was trying to say.
【小题7】All the tourists were f__________ by the beautiful scenery of the city.
【小题8】Teaching is a tiring but a r___________ job, especially when you see the difference you’ve made in the life of your students.
【小题9】You are expected to a_______ to your parents when you made a mistake.
【小题10】Drinking too much is h_________ to one’s health.
【小题11】When he was a little boy, Tony usually __________(寻求)help from his parents and friends in time of trouble.
【小题12】Everyone sang and danced, enjoying the happy and relaxed __________(气氛) at the party.
【小题13】Hard work is ___________(基础的) to success.
【小题14】Customers who buy 10 at a time will get a 50% __________(折扣)。
【小题15】People in different countries have different customs and _________(宗教的) beliefs.
【小题16】The letter wasn't addressed to me but I opened it out of ___________(好奇).
【小题17】Working as a _____________(实习生) helped him to earn extra money.
【小题18】Dinosaurs ____________(存在) on the earth millions of years ago.
【小题19】_________(退休) at the age of 40 sounds boring.
【小题20】There are many __________(理论) about how the universe began.

We don’t plan to cry, but it just happens. In fact when we feel sad or angry, a good cry is almost impossible to resist. But if you didn’t know what crying was, you’d have to wonder why some strong feelings started water streaming from people’s eyes and why they seemed to feel better afterwards.

Now a US researcher had found there may be more in crying than we think. William H. Frey II, author of “Crying: The Mystery of Tears,” believes it may really be one of the body’s clever self-repair mechanisms. Crying may be a way of getting rid of the by-products of stress, he says.

He has found that tears contain some chemicals which can cause stress. One of these is the hormone prolactin (激素), which is set free when one is feeling stressed. Since women have more of this than men, that might explain why they usually cry more, he suggests.

Unsurprisingly, Dr Frey’s study seemed to prove that most people feel better after a good cry. And sex has nothing to do with it ––– the result was true for women and men. So, next time you feel like bursting into tears, go ahead. If Dr Frey is right, you’ll be doing yourself a favour.

1.The best title of this passage would be ________.

A.Why Do We Cry                        B.Crying and Tears.

C.Dr Frey and Crying.                      D.Tears and Chemicals

2.According to the author, we feel like crying because________.

A.crying is one of our habits

B.we can’t control it

C.crying is one of the body’s self-repair mechanisms

D.we can get the by-products of stress by crying

3.According to the passage, men seem less likely to cry than women because_______.

A.their bodies contain less hormone prolactin

B.their tears contain more chemicals

C.they are not so full of feelings as women

D.the chemicals in their tears can’t cause stress

4.The author advised us________.

A.to plan to cry very often

B.not to cry any more

C.to go outdoors without hesitation

D.to cry as we want to

5.Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

A.Good cries can make most people feel better

B.Only women can feel better after crying.

C.It is easy to understand that people feel better after a good cry.

D.Crying is sometimes impossible to resist.

 

John H. Johnson was born in a black family in Arkansas City in 1918. His father died in an accident when John was six. He was reaching the high school age, but his hometown offered no high school for blacks.

Fortunately he had a strong-willed caring mother. John remembered that his mother told him many times, “Son, you can be anything you really want to be if you just believe.” She told him not to depend on others, including his mother. “You have to earn success,” she said. “All the people who work hard don’t succeed, but the only people who do succeed are those who work hard.”

These words came from a woman with less than a third grade education. She also knew that believing and hard work don’t mean everything. So she worked hard as a cook for two years to save enough to take her son, who was then 15, to Chicago. Chicago in 1933 was not the promised land that black southerners were looking for. John’s mother and stepfather could not find work. But here John could go to school, and here he learned the power of words---as an editor of the newspaper and yearbook at Du Sable High School. His wish was to publish a magazine for blacks.

While others discouraged him, John’s mother offered him more words to live by: “Nothing beats a failure but a try. ” She also let him pawn(典当)her furniture to get the $500 he needed to start the Negro magazine for blacks.

It is natural that difficulties and failures followed John closely until he became very successful. He always keeps his mother’s words in mind.: “Son, failure is not in your vocabulary!”

Now John H. Johnson is one of the 400 richest people in America---worth $150 million.

1.John’s mother decided to move to Chicago because_______.

A.his father died when John was very young.

B.life was too hard for them to stay on in their hometown

C.John needed more education badly

D.there were no school for Negroes in their hometown

2.John’s mother________.

A.didn’t believe in or depend on others

B.thought one could be whatever one wanted to be

C.believed one would succeed without working hard

D.thought no one could succeed without working hard.

3.The sentence “Nothing beats a failure but a try” means _______.

A.if you try, you would succeed

B.a failure is difficult to beat, even if you try

C.a try is always followed by a failure

D.no failure can be beaten unless you try

 

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