--- Darling, I didn’t get promoted.

---          ! There will be loads of other opportunities.

A．Well done                                                   B．What a pity

C．Cheer up                                                    D．All right

One summer in college, I was invited to be an instructor at a high school leadership camp.

I first   1  a boy under the tree on the first day of camp. His obvious   2   and shyness made him appear weak and lonely. Nearby, 200   3   campers were playing and joking, but the boy seemed to want to be anywhere   4   where he was.

I was instructed to care more about campers who might feel   5  . So I   6   him and said, “Hi, I’m Kevin. It’s nice to meet you. How are you?”

 7   a shaky voice he   8   answered, “Okay, I guess.”

I calmly asked him to join in the activities and   9  some new people. He quietly replied, “No, this is not really my thing.”

I could   10   that this whole experience was   11   to him. But I somehow knew it wouldn’t be right to   12   him, either. It was going to take more time and   13  .

The next day, I was leading camp songs for the campers. They eagerly participated. But the boy was just sitting alone,   14   out the window.

That evening at our nightly staff meeting, I made my   15  about him known. I asked them to pay special attention and spend time with him   16   they could.

The days flew by fast. When the “last dance” came, surprisingly, the boy from under the tree was now a shirtless dancing   17 . He owned the dance floor   18   meaningful time with others. I couldn’t’ believe it was him.

In that instant, I realized how easy it is to give a bit of   19  every day. You may never know how much each gesture may mean to someone else. I tell this story as   20   as I can, and I advise others to look out for their own “boy under the tree.”

1．A．learned                  B．recognized           C．noticed                D．heard

2．A．anger                    B．discomfort           C．excitement           D．satisfaction

3．A．ambitious              B．curious                C．anxious               D．eager

4．A．other than             B．just as                 C．or rather              D．as well as

5．A．left out                  B．put out                C．made out             D．let out

6．A．passed                 B．left                      C．visited                 D．approached

7．A．At                        B．In                       C．On                      D．By

8．A．unfortunately         B．unwillingly           C．unconsciously      D．uninterestingly

9．A．help                      B．interview             C．find                    D．meet

10．A．sense                  B．suggest               C．consider              D．prove

11．A．familiar                B．similar                 C．strange                D．typical

12．A．push                   B．pull                     C．pardon                D．punish

13．A．effects                B．exercises             C．efforts                D．expenses

14．A．observing            B．examining            C．admiring              D．staring

15．A．trouble                B．concern               C．devotion              D．understanding

16．A．unless                 B．before                 C．when                  D．since

17．A．wonder               B．danger                 C．scene                  D．instructor

18．A．sparing                B．saving                 C．spreading            D．sharing

19．A．himself                B．yourself               C．themselves          D．itself

20．A．soon                   B．far                      C．often                   D．long

Fix it on your own

Did you know that a bowl of rice could save your iPod if you drop it in a swimming pool by accident? Or that the camera on your phone could tell you what's wrong with your TV remote control? The experts at Geek Squad （geelsquad.co.uk） have made a gadget（小机件） rescue guide. So, let’s take a look at some of their useful advice.

● How to get more juice out of your phone battery（电池）

If your battery goes dead but you need to get a number or send one last text, try warming it up. That may give you a tiny bit of power. Take the battery from the phone and rub it between your hands. Or warm it under your arm for a few minutes. Then try to start the phone – but use it quickly.

● What to do if your gadget gets wet

First, try drying it out with a vacuum cleaner. If a vacuum cleaner isn’t at hand, fill a pot or bowl with uncooked rice and put your we gadget inside. The dry, uncooked rice will absorb all the water and, after a few hours, you should be able to use the gadget. Don’t forget to remove the battery and SIM card before you dry it.

● What to do if your TV remote control stops working

If replacing the batteries doesn’t work, get the camera function up on your phone and point the remote at the lens（镜头）. When you press a button on the remote, if it's working then the glass bobble（小球） at the front of the remote will light up when you look at it on the screen of your phone. This is because the screen on a phone or digital camera picks up infrared rays （红外线）, even though your eyes don't. If the glass bobble doesn’t light up, the remote is broken. If it does, the receiving device is broken.

1．If your cell phone falls into a sink, you can         .

       A．warm it up under your arm.                  B．put it into the uncooked rice.

       C．press it with both of your hands.           D．remove the battery after you dry it.

2．Why can a phone be used to prove the TV remote control works well?

       A．Because it can receive infrared ray.

      B．Because it can reflect infrared ray.

       C．Because it can improve the TV remote control.

       D．Because it can picture the TV remote control.

3．In which section of a newspaper can we possibly read this text?

       A．Entertainment             B．Finance            C．Culture            D．Life

4．The purpose of the passage is to give people        .

       A．professional guides                              B．necessary warnings

       C．practical tips                                       D．personal opinions

Is a recently discovered hormone the reason why folks who lose weight can’t keep it off?

Like millions of other fat people, at 530 inches high, more than 300 pounds, Carnie Wilson was not just fat. After trying all sort of diets that didn’t work, she has to go to the stomach – bypass surgery （胃部迂回手术）, ie, have most of her stomach sewed up, only leaving tiny room to hold several tablespoonfuls at most. Result: she simply couldn’t eat the way she used to. In three years, Wilson is one third of her former weight.

Wilson’s experience is not all that unusual, and while doctors still aren’t exactly sure what is going on, a report in last week’s Journal of Medicine offers an explanation. The loss of appetite in bypass patients may be linked to a recently discovered hormone called ghrelin. Not only that, ghrelin may turn out to be one reason we feel hungry and it’s hare for didters to keep weight off.

Nowadays, researchers are careful to stress only what they know for sure. For the three conclusions, the leading Dr. David of the University of Washington says, “I feel very solid about two of them.” The first is that ghrelin levels in the bloodstream rise significantly before meals and drop afterward. The second conclusion is that ghrelin levels are higher on average in people who have lost weight from dieting.

Dr. David is less sure of the third conclusion, that bypass patients have only a quarter as much ghrelin as most people of normal weight. After all, ghrelin is produced by cells in the stomach. Years ago, leptin, a hormone was found as an appetite suppressant （食物抑制剂）. But after years of trying, it had to be given up.

What doctors suspect is that both leptin and ghrelin are part of a complex system of brain and body chemicals that govern weight and appetite. That does not mena pharmaceutical （药物的） weight control is forever out of the question. “In the next ten years, we will be able to develop new drugs to help people lose weight healthily and effectively.”

1．What can we learn about ghrelin according to the passage?

       A．After meals ghrelin levels are higher in the bloodstream.

       B．People who have lost weight have less ghreilin in their body.

       C．Without ghrelin, people are really difficult to lose weight.

       D．Ghrelin is something produced by cells in the stomach.

2．What is Dr. David not sure?

       A．pharmaceutical weight control is impossible.

       B．There is less ghrelin in the bypass patients.

       C．new drugs will be developed in 10 years.

       D．ghrelin levels are higher in people on diet.

3．In fact, people’s weight and appetite are controlled by         

       A．ghrelin and leptin                                 B．hormone and medicine

       C．brain and body chemicals                     D．stomach and food

4．What can we infer from the passage?

       A．People with a lower ghrelin level go hungry easily.

       B．Doctors managed to use leption to control the appetite.

       C．Doctors are optimistic about how to lose weight healthily.

       D．The loss of appetite in bypass aptient is linked to leptin

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How can we all get more laughter into our lives? Here is what the experts suggest:

  1  . Nancy Alguire, a teacher in Clifton Park, N. Y., was once painfully shy and had a hard time laughing. Then she married a circus clown （小丑）. “I became interested in the clowns,” she recalls “One day I put on a costume and paint my face. That afternoon my whole life changed. I learned to laugh and enjoy life in a way I had never done before.”   2  To this day, she still makes it a rule to be with people who enjoy life and laughing.

  3   It doesn’t take you too much time and can be easy. Collect favorite cartoons and jokes. Also, keep a paper for writing down humor you find in everyday life. “Good ideas come and go fast, you have to capture them quickly or they are gone,” says Virginia Tooper.

Laugh when you need it most. “  4  ” says comedian Bill Cosby. “And once you find laughter, no matter how painful your situation might by, you can survive it,” he insists.

Gray Alan, a sociology professor at the University of Minnesota, claims that laughter is a skill we can all gain – because it comes naturally.   5  . Just remember: we are just here for a period, so get a few laughs.

A．You can soften the worst blows through humor.

B．Mix with people who laugh.

C．Practice the art of laughing.

D．Keep a laughter file.

E．He who laughs last laughs best.

F．But it’s also something that has to be developed.

G．People’s joy can affect those around them.

假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加：在缺词入加一个漏字符号（^），并在其下面写出该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。

修改：在错的词下面一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

注意：

1．每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；

2．只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

As is known to all that millions of graduates crowded into the job market each year.

But because of the financial crisis, the situation of the employment has become very

serious. Consider this, some people suggest graduates should have a lower career

expectation, such as working in the western area of China. I in favor of this idea.

Firstly, compared with the big cities, the competition is not as fierce there, but

graduates can easy get a job. Secondly, the lower position may offer graduate

more space. All in all, going to the west maybe bring more benefits. Devote

yourself to the west, for it is both good for our personal development and for our

country at present.

The driver was at ______ loss when     word came that he was forbidden to drive after drinking alcohol.

A．a; the               B．不填； 不填            C．the; the          D．a; 不填

It's said that within five years cars will be a lot      in our country.

A．cheaper         B．cheapest          C．cheap          D．more cheap

Do come here on Monday,______ we, as planned, will take part in the gathering of AIDS prevention volunteers.

A．then                B．and                  C．therefore                 D．or

My father insisted that every minute    made full use of       the work well.

A．be, to do                                             B．has been, doing  

C．be, doing                                      D．has been, to do