4．How to Win a High School Election
If you plan on running for student office，you want to know how to win a high school election．（36）G．You need to do toconsider the following key elements of an election．
Learn About Your School
Before you can be an official for your class，you will need to know about your class and the school as a whole．You can't make a difference if you don't know what to change．（37）F
Getinvolvedbeforewinning theelection
If you want to make changes to some of the rules in the school's policy，you'll have to get on the administration's good side．Ask to join in on meetings with school officials．It's also a good idea to get to know some of the parents of the students who will vote for you．You can do this by attending PTA meetings．（38）D Ask questions and voice your opinion so you stand out．
Get to Know Your Voters．
（39）BAnd try to make good first impressions on them．Be careful though，you don't want to seem fake because then people won't vote for you．Simply say hello and let people know you are running for whatever office you choose．If they seem interested in you，continue the conversation，if not，back off．Being pushy is another thing that will lose you votes．
（40）A
Just as confidence is essential during your presentation，it's also important every day．Stand tall，smile，and be friendly．Have fun with your election because students want someone who is real andfriendly．
Ask your school's administration for a copy of the student guidebook and any other information they have about the history as well as current rules and stats for the school．

A．Let Yourself Shine．
B．Meet as many high school students as possible．
C．Get started on how to win a high school election．
D．While at these meetings，don't be a passive attendee．
E．Write a speech about what you would like to see changed．
F．Read the student guidebook about the history as well as present rules for the school．
G．Putting up posters and relying on your popularity isn't enough to make sure that you will win．

3．Experts have been advising for years that sharing your goals with other people increases your commitment to them．When you do，you feel accountable．You feel as if you're on your way to success．But it turns out we got it all wrong．
Some psychologists have found that by telling someone your goal，you are actually less likely to achieve them．By giving voice to your goal，you feel like you've taken a huge step forward．Unfortunately，this feeling-called"social reality"-is just a feeling．You haven't actually achieved anything yet．
Saying your goal out loud widens the gap between what you intend to do and what you actually do．It keeps your goals away from your actions．However，by keeping your goals secret，you maintain the drive to keep moving forward．You feel like there's still a lot of work to do．
Telling others your goals is an unhealthy way to seek approval，according to Dr．Robert Anthony．"By announcing your goals，you will lose lots of valuable energy needed to achieve them，as well as get negative opinions from those who wish to control you．They dislike seeing anyone laving more or doing better than they do，"he explains．
Saying your goals usually shows that you are fantasizing success．Another study found that merely fantasizing about a positive future might reduce your ability to find problems and make good plans．Don't get fantasizing about  success and expecting success mixed up．When you fantasize，there's not always a basis in reality．When you expecting success，you are confident in the result based on the actions and skills you've developed so far．
Thus，you know what to do the next time you feel like opening your mouth about your exciting new ideas or goals．Meanwhile，Michael Hyatt，a psychologist，points out that，while this probably works well for a single person，it may not be the best advice for organizations．If a leader's role is to inspire the organization to work towards some aims，secrecy doesn't seem to be productive．

28．What do we know about"social reality"？C
A．It is a real situation existing in life．
B．It refers to some facts happening in society．
C．It doesn't help you reach your goals．
D．It means you have done something successfully．
29．Why is telling others your goals not a good way to seek approval？B
A．Because it wasters your energy and time．
B．Because not all people wish you to become successful．
C．Because you are likely to change your goals easily．
D．Because nobody will pay attention to your goals．
30．The difference between fantasizing success and expecting success lies inA．
A．whether there is a basis in reality or not
B．whether you are confident or not
C．whether the goal is shared or not
D．whether there are good plans or not
31．What is Michael Hyatt's suggestion for a team leader？D
A．Keeping the team's goal a secret．
B．Making the team's goal known to the public．
C．Preventing the team members from fantasizing success．
D．Sharing the team's goal among the team members．

2．阅读下面的短文．并根据短文后的要求答题．（请注意问题后的字数要求）
1．We always seem to want something we don't really need．In addition，we often believe that if we had those things we want so badly，we would finally be happy．
2．The truth is that happiness is an attitude．It's not something created by outside conditions，but instead is completely within your heart．
3．Nothing will give you a deep sense of satisfaction and happiness，unless you cultivate（创造） happiness conscious．Below are some simple steps you Can take to cultivate happiness．
4．Be grateful
Create a sense of gratitude（感激）for what you have，for what is working，for what is wonderful and sweet in your life．A morning or evening gratitude list，written each day，can help you _______．
5．Take care of yourself
Find the small things in life that make you feel good，and do one daily．A short walk，a few minutes of writing in your diary，a short deep thought，watching the sunset…whatever，will improve your belief on life．
6．Read inspirational material
It helps to be reminded of positive thoughts and positive attitudes．Get a small book of positive，inspirational thoughts and keep it by your desk．Read one or two thoughts each day．
7．Is the glass half empty or full？Life works better when the glass is half full．

71．What is the best title of the passage？（within 5words）How to be happy．
72．Explain the underlined sentence in Paragraph 2．What is happiness depends on your attitude．/Happiness depends on your attitude．．
73．Fill in the blank in Paragraph 4 with proper words to complete the sentence．（within 5words）
feel grateful/feel happy．
74．List three small things that make you happy．（within 15words）
①A short walk．
②a few minutes of writing in your diary．
③a short deep thought．
75．Translate the underlined sentence in Paragraph 3 into Chinese．除非你有意识地去创造幸福，没有任何事物会带给你深深的幸福感和满足感．．

1．Here is an astonishing and significant fact：Mental work alone can't make us tired．It sounds absurd．But a few years ago，scientists tried to find out how long the human brain could labor without reaching a stage of fatigue（疲劳）．To the amazement of these scientists，they discovered that blood passing through the brain，when it is active，shows no fatigue at all!If we took a drop of blood from a day laborer，we would find it full of fatigue toxins（毒素） and fatigue products．But if we took blood from the brain of an Albert Einstein，it would show no fatigue toxins at the end of the day．
So far as the brain is concerned，it can work as well and swiftly at the end of eight or even twelve hours of effort as at the beginning．The brain is totally tireless．
So what makes us tired？
Some scientists declare that most of our fatigue comes from our mental and emotional（情绪的） attitudes．One of England's most outstanding scientists，J．A．Hadfield，says，"The greater part of the fatigue from which we suffer is of mental origin．In fact，fatigue of purely physical origin is rare．"Dr．Brill，a famous American scientist，goes even further．He declares，"One hundred percent of the fatigue of sitting worker in good health is due to emotional problems．"
What kinds of emotions make sitting workers tired Joy？Satisfaction？No!A feeling of being bored，anger，anxiety，tenseness，worry，a feeling of not being appreciated---those are the emotions that tire sitting workers．Hard work by itself seldom causes fatigue．We get tired because our emotions produce nervousness in the body．

66．What surprised the scientists a few years ago？C
A．Fatigue toxins could hardly be found in a laborer's blood．
B．Albert Einstein didn't feel worn after a day's work．
C．The brain could work for many hours without fatigue．
D．A mental worker's blood was filled with fatigue toxins．
67．According to the author，which of the followingcan make sitting workers tired？B
A．Challenging mental work．
B．Unpleasant emotions．
C．Endless tasks．
D．Physical labor．
68．What's the author's attitude towards the scientists'idea？A
A．He agrees with them．
B．He doubts them．
C．He argues against them．
D．He hesitates to accept them．
69．We can infer from the passage that in order to stay energetic，sitting workers need toB．
A．have some good food．
B．enjoy their work
C．exercise regularly
D．discover fatigue toxins
70．Where does the text probably come from？D
A．A book review
B．A research plan
C．A business report            
D．A science magazine．

20．Elizabeth Blackwell was born in England in 1821，and moved to New York City when she was ten years old．One day she decided that she wanted to become a doctor．That was nearly impossible for a woman in the middle of the nineteenth century．After writing many letters asking for admission（录取） to medical schools，she was finally accepted by a doctor in Philadelphia．She was so determined that she taught school and gave music lessons to get money for the cost of schooling．
In 1849，after graduation from medical school，she decided to further her education in Paris．She wanted to be a surgeon（外科医师），but a serious eye problem forced her to give up the idea．
Upon returning to the United States，she found it difficult to start her own practice because she was a woman．By 1857 Elizabeth and her sister，also a doctor，along with another woman doctor，managed to open a new hospital，the first for women and children．Besides being the first woman physician and founding her own hospital，she also set up the first medical school for women．

61．Why couldn't Elizabeth Blackwell realize her dream of becoming a surgeon？C
A．She couldn't get admitted to medical school．
B．She decided to further her education in Paris
C．A serious eye problem stopped her
D．It was difficult for her to start a practice in the United States
62．Why did Elizabeth Blackwell give music lessons in a school？D
A．Because she loved music．
B．Because she wanted to raise money for children．
C．Because she wanted to raise money to found her own hospital．
D．Because she wanted to earn some money to finish her schooling．
63．What main obstacle（障碍） almost destroyed Elizabeth's chances for becoming a doctor？A
A．She was a woman．
B．She wrote too many letters．
C．She couldn't graduate from medical school．
D．She couldn't set up her hospital．
64．How many years passed between her graduation from medical school and the opening of her hospital？A
A．Eight years                  
B．Ten years
C．Nineteen years             
D．Thirty-six years
65．According to the passage，all of the following are"firsts"in the life of Elizabeth Blacekwell except that sheB．
A．became the first woman physician
B．was the first woman doctor
C．and several other women founded the first hospital for women and children
D．set up the first medical school for women．

19．Ben and his wife Susan were on their way to have dinner with their friends．It was a dark，windy night，and they did not know the way very well．They drove through a town until they found what they thought was the road to Dorling，where their friends lived．But it soon became clear that they were not on the road to Dorling at all．The road that they were on was getting narrower，and there were no other cars on it．The wind was blowing harder with every minute that passed．?
They came to a small village．They drove past a church and then two houses without lights on．There was nobody about to tell them where they were，or where the road went．Just then，Ben saw a telephone box twenty meters or so further on．While he walked back along the road to see if there was a name outside the church，Susan telephoned their friends and told them that they were still on their way．?
Their friends were just saying that the dinner was already getting rather cold，when Ben came back to the telephone box，his head down against the wind．He said that there was a tree lying across the road，and that the telephone lines were down．Susan heard nothing more from their friends about the dinner．

51．Where were Ben and his wife going？C
A．the church
B．a small village
C．their friends'
D．a strange house
52．Some time later Ben and Susan found they took a wrong road becauseB．
A．their friends lived nearer than they drove
B．the road was getting narrower and their car alone was on it
C．the hard wind made them get lost
D．the road was not the same as before
53．Susan could hear nothing more from their friends becauseA．
A．the telephone lines were broken by a tree
B．the strong wind made too much noise
C．they got angry
D．they had all left
54．From the passage we knowD．
A．Ben and his wife often went out for dinners
B．Ben and his wife lived in the country
C．Both Ben and his wife were shortsighted（近视的）
D．Ben and his wife seldom went to Dorling．
55．Which of the following can be the best title for the passage？C
A．Ben and His Wife
B．A Windy Night
C．The Cold Dinner
D．Where Is Dorling

18．Not many years ago，a wealthy and rather strange old man named Johnson lived alone in a village in the south of England．He had made a lot of money in trading with foreign countries．When he was 75，he gave£12，000 to the village school to buy land and equipment for a children's playground．
As a result of his kindness，many people came to visit him．Among them was a newspaperman．During their talk，Johnson remarked that he was 75 and expected to live to be 100，and the newspaperman asked him how he managed to be healthy at 75．Johnson had a sense of humor．He liked whisky and drank some each day．"I have an injection（注射）in my neck each evening"，he told the newspaperman，thinking of his evening glass of whisky．
The newspaperman did not understand what Johnson meant．In his newspaper he reported that Johnson was 75 and had a daily injection in his neck．Within a week Johnson received thousands of letters from all over Britain，asking him for the secret of his daily injection．

46．Johnson became a rich man throughA．
A．doing business
B．making whisky
C．cheating
D．buying and selling land
47．The gift of money to the school suggests that JohnsonC．
A．had no children
B．was a strange man
C．was very warm-hearted and fond of children
D．wanted people to know how rich he was
48．Many people wrote to Johnson probably to find outD．
A．what kind of whisky he drank
B．how to live alone
C．how to become wealthy        
D．in which part of the neck he had an injection each day
49．When Johnson said he had an injection in his neck each evening，he really meant thatA
A．he liked drinking a glass of whisky in the evening
B．he needed an injection in the neck
C．a daily injecting in the evening would make him sleep well
D．there was something wrong with his neck
50．From the passage we can infer that Johnson would be veryCafter he read those people's letters．
A．miserable
B．glad
C．surprised
D．sad．

17．___________ time went by，I was made smaller．（　　）

A．

As

B．

With

C．

When

D．

While

16．The letters UN ____________ the United Nations．（　　）

A．

ask for

B．

call for

C．

account for

D．

stand for

15．My little brother was ________ into Beijing University last year．（　　）

A．

admitted

B．

admitting

C．

to be admitted

D．

to admit