He lost his arms in an accident that claimed his father’s life who was the main   36  of support for the family. He had to   _37__  the arms of his younger brother,and his younger brother became his ___38 _ ,never leaving him alone for years. Except for writing with his toes,he was completely unable to do   _39_   in his life.

    One late night,his younger brother accompanied him into the toilet and went back to  __40__ . But being so   41___ ,his younger brother fell asleep,leaving him on the toilet for two hours. As the two brothers grew up together,they had their share of problems and they would often  __42__  . His younger brother wanted to live   _43__  from him,living his own life,as many normal people do. So he was   44 __ and didn't know what to do.

    A   _45__  misfortune befell(降临) a girl. One night her mother,who suffered from mental illness ___46_  . So her father went out looking for her mother,leaving her alone at home. She tried to prepare a   __47_   for her parents,only to overturn the stove,  _48 __  in a fire which took her hands away.

    Though her elder sister who was studying in another city,showed her   _49__  to take care of her,she was determined to be completely   _50__ . At school,she always studied hard.

    One day,the boy and the girl were both invited to appear on a television interview program. They were both asked to write something on a piece of paper with their toes. The boy wrote: My younger brother’s arms are my arms;  51_  the girl wrote: Broken wings,flying heart.

    Disasters can    52_  at any time. If you choose only to complain and    53    from the ordeal(苦难的经历),it will always follow you wherever you go. But if you decide to be       ___54    ,the hardship will turn out to be a(n)   55   on which new hopes will arise.

1.A. cause            B. strength       C. source         D. course

2.A. live on          B. take on        C. turn on        D. depend on

3.A. shadow           B. volunteer      C. bodyguard      D. servant

4.A. something        B. anything       C. nothing        D. everything

5.A. play             B. work           C. wait           D. wash

6. A. tired           B. angry          C. impatient      D. unfair

7.A. support          B. separate       C. quarrel        D. avoid

8.A. lonely           B. different      C. separated      D. divided

9. A. heartless       B. heart-broken   C. kind-hearted   D. heart-warming

10.A. same            B. similar        C. simple         D. strange

11.A. died            B. disappeared    C. dismissed      D. failed

12.A. meal            B. medicine       C. heating        D. plan

13.A. leading         B. resulting      C. taking         D. bringing

14.A. willingness     B. anxiety        C. contribution   D. respect

15.A. independent     B. relaxed        C. disabled       D. energetic

16.A. since           B. while          C. as             D. though

17.A. strike          B. afford         C. form           D. return

18.A. hide            B. remain         C. survive        D. escape

19.A. careful         B. strong         C. healthy        D. polite

20.A. difficulty    B. fortune  C. occupation   D. attitude

 

A new study suggests that the more teenagers watch television, the more likely they are to develop depression as young adults .

    The researchers used a national long-term survey of adolescent(青少年的)health to investigate (调查)the relationship between media use and depression. They based their findings on more than four thousand adolescents who were not depressed when the survey began in 2000.

    As part of the survey, the young people were asked how many hours of television or videos they watched daily. They were also asked how often they played computer games and listened to the radio. Media use totaled an average of five and one-half hours a day. More than two hours of that was spent watching TV.

    Seven years later, in 2007, more than seven percent of the young people had signs of depression. The average age at that time was twenty-one.

    The researchers say they did not find any such relationship with the use of other media such as movies, video games or radio, etc. But the study did find that every extra hour of television meant an eight percent increase in the chances of developing signs of depression. Young men were more likely than young women to develop depression given the same amount of media use.

    The study didn't explore if watching TV causes depression. But one possibility is that it was taking time away from activities that could help prevent depression.

    Last December, the journal Social Indicators Research published a study of activities that help lead to happy lives. Sociologists from the University of Maryland found that people who describe themselves as happy spend less time watching television than unhappy people. The study found that happy people are more likely to be socially active, to read, to attend religious services and to vote.

1.The best title for this passage should be____________.

  A. Teens, Television and Depression

  B. Men Develop Depression Easier than Women

  C. Media Use is Harmful to Adolescents

  D. Take Great Care of Teenager's Depression

2.The result of the research seems to prove______________.

  A. teenagers are more likely to develop depression than adults

  B. other media uses do no harm to adolescents

  C. TV probably causes teenagers to grow up with depression

  D. those who watch no TV will not develop depression

3.We can learn from the survey that of all the media use

  A. computer games are teenagers' favourite

  B. most teenagers prefer to listen to the radio

  C. teenagers enjoy watching TV very much

  D. newspaper is not included in the survey

4.We can conclude that a teenager should _____

  A. play more video games instead of watching TV

  B. be active in taking part in outdoor activities

  C. be more active in watching educational TV programmes

  D. attend religious services and care for politics

 

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