【题目】阅读下面材料,在空白处填写适当的内容或括号内单词正确形式。

When someone has deeply hurt you, it can be very difficult to let go of your anger. But forgiveness is possible and it can be surprisingly 【1】 (benefit) to your physical and mental health. So far, research 2 (show) that people who forgive can have more energy, better appetite and better sleep. “People who forgive show 3 (little) anger and more hopefulness,” says Dr. Frederic Luskin, who wrote the book Forgive for Good. “So it can help reduce the tiredness out of the immune system and allow people 4 (feel) more energetic.”

So when someone has hurt you, cool down first. Take a couple of breaths and think of something __5 gives you pleasure: a beautiful scene in nature, or someone you love. Don’t wait for an 6 (apologize). “Many times the person who hurt you may never think of apologizing,” says Dr. Luskin. “They may have wanted to hurt you or they just don’t see things in 7 same way. So if you wait for people to say sorry, you could be waiting a very long time.”

Next keep in mind that forgiveness does not necessarily mean 8 (accept) the action of the person who upsets you. 9, learn to look for the love, beauty and kindness around you. Finally, try to see things from the other person’s perspective. You may realize that he or she was acting out of ignorance. To gain perspective, you may want to write a letter to 【10 (you) from that person’s point of view.

【题目】Do you have any friends? Have you ever visited your friends? Jenny went to visit her friends in New York last weekend. Her friends met her at the airport(机场) on Friday afternoon and drove her to the hotel. They had dinner at a Chinese restaurant and went to see a film after that.

  Jenny and her friends set out early on Saturday morning for a farm and stayed there until Sunday morning. During their stay, they went fishing and swimming in the small river on the farm. They played football in the field and enjoyed a big meal around a camp fire(篝火), singing and dancing till late into the night.

  Nobody could get up early on Sunday morning.So when they got back to New York City, it was about three o’clock in the afternoon.They drove right to the airport because Jenny didn’t want to miss her plane back home.Jenny only stayed in New York for two nights but she had a great time with her friends.

1Jenny went to New York________.

A. to do some shopping B. to see her friends C. to spend her summer holiday D. to find a job

2How did Jenny get to New York?

A. By train. B. By bus. C. By plane. D. On foot.

3Where did Jenny and her friends go on Saturday?

A. To the farm. B. To the Chinese restaurant. C. To the airport. D. To the railway station.

4When did Jenny go back home?

A. On Saturday afternoon. B. On Sunday morning.

C. On Saturday evening. D. On Sunday afternoon.

5How long did Jenny stay in New York?

A. three nights B. four nights C. two nights D. one night.

【题目】根据短文内容,从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

How to remember your passwords

Remembering and then forgetting your passwords can be a frustrating business, and one that contributes to more than half of calls made to helplines. __【1】___ Once you have reset your password, you’re going to need to remember that one too. Follow our tips on breaking the password-frustration cycle.

___2___

We often create so many user IDs but there are only a small number of passwords that you really need to remember. It’s important for you to remember your banking and email passwords, but do you really need to worry about your occasional eBay visit? If you can commit(交付) just a few to memory, you can hand the rest over to a password keeper to do the remembering for you.

Sign up for a password keeping service.

__3___ You just need to encrypt(加密) your data and keep it in a safe server. Many password keepers require you to remember just one master password, which will give you access to the accounts you have chosen.

Write them down

“Just keep them in a safe place, such as a locked box,” says Internet security blogger Bruce Schneider. ___4___ Thus, it isn’ t entirely discouraged and can be an efficient back-up plan when all else fails.

Work on your memory

__5_ Practicing memory techniques or making certain lifestyle changes, including reducing stress, might just prevent you from having to make that frustrating password phone call ever again.

A. Download a mobile password app.

B. Of course, it doesn’t just stop there.

C. Try to make a note of your passwords.

D. Work out which passwords matter most.

E. Put your money into different accounts.

F. It will remember your passwords for you.

G. Many exercises can help improve your memory.

【题目】Probably no other musical instrument is as popular as the guitar around the world. Musicians use the guitar for almost all kinds of music. Country and western music would not be the same without a guitar. The traditional Spanish folk music called Flamenco could not exist without a guitar. The sound of American blues music would not be the same without the sad cry of the guitar. And rock and roll music would almost be impossible without this instrument.

Music experts do not agree about where the guitar was first played. Most agree it is ancient. Some experts say an instrument very much like a guitar was played in Egypt more than 1,000 years ago. Most experts say that the ancestor of the modern guitar was brought to Spain from Persia sometime in the 12th century. The guitar continued to develop in Spain. In the 1700s it became similar to the instrument we know today.

Many famous musicians played the instrument. The famous Italian violins Niccole Paganism played and wrote music for the guitar in the early 1800s. Franz Schubert used the guitar to write some of his famous works. In modern times Spanish guitarist Andres Segovia helped make the instrument extremely popular.

In the 1930s, Les Paul began experimenting to make an electric guitar. He invented the solid-bodied electric guitar in 1946. The Gibson Guitar Company began producing its famous Les Paul Guitar in 1952. It became a powerful influence on popular music. The instrument has the same shape and the same six strings (弦) as the traditional guitar, but it sounds very different. Les Paul produced a series of extremely popular recordings that introduced the public to this music. Listen to this Les Paul recording. It was the fifth most popular song in the United States in 1952. It is called “Meet Mister Callaghan.”

【1】What can we infer from the first paragraph?

A. The guitar plays a very important role in music.

B. The choice of musical instrument is important for a band.

C. The guitar was the most popular musical instrument in the past.

D. Every musician likes playing music instrument with the guitar.

【2】According to most experts, the guitar developed into a modern form like today in ________.

A. EgyptB. PersiaC. Spain D. Italy

【3】In Paragraph 3, the author introduces ________.

A. the method of playing the guitar

B. the exact time of the guitar’s origin

C. the way that the guitar was made

D. some musicians who played the guitar

【4】Where does the passage probably come from?

A. A newspaper.B. A broadcast.C. A magazine. D. A history book.

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