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　　I am here to teach ，offering my way of life which has enabled me to beat the doctor an the hangman for ninety years．Some of the details may sound untrue，but they are not．

　　We have no permanent habits until we are forty，then they begin to harden．Since forty l have been regular about going to bed and getting up and that is one of the man things．I have made it a rule to go to bed when I had to．This has resulted in a regularity Of irregularity．It has saved me sound，but it would injure another person．

　　In the matter of diet-which is another main thing-I have been strict in sticking to the things which didn't agree with me until one or the other of us got the best of it．Until lately I got the best of it myself．But last spring I stopped eating mince pie after midnight．For years I have taken coffee and bread at eight in the morning，and no bite until seven thirty in the evening．That is all right for me，because I have never had a headache in my life, but headachy people would not reach ninety comfortably by that road，and they would be foolish to try it．

　　I have made it a rule never to smoke more than one cigar at a time，but no other limits．I do not know just when I began to smoke，I only know that I didn't let my father know it ．He passed from this life early in 1917，when I was a shade past eleven; ever since then I have smoked publicly．As an example to others，it has always been my rule never to smoke when asleep，and never to stop when awake．It is a good rule I mean，for me；but some of you know quite well that it wouldn't answer for everybody that's trying to get to be ninety．

　　I smoke in bed until I have to go to sleep; I wake up in the night，some-times once，sometimes twice，sometimes three times，and I never waste any Of these opportunities to smoke．This habit is so old and dear and precious to me．I will admit，however，that I have stopped smoking now and then，for a few months at a time，but it was on principle，it was only to show Off；it was to pulverize(粉碎)those people who said l was a slave to my habits and couldn't break away from them．

1．The author of this passage________．

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A．always goes to sleep at different time every day

B．only smokes one cigar every day

C．doesn't have any for eight hours during the day

D．has some good habits which help him to get to ninety

2．The underlined phrase “got the best of it”in Paragraph 3 probably means________．

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A．got the best result

B．made the best use of it

C．got a lot of good effect

D．won the fight

3．Sometimes the author stops smoking________．

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A．to have a break for a few months

B．to show how dear the habit is to him

C．to prove that he can give his habits if he wishes

D．to tell those people who don't like him that he wants to get out of his smoking habit

4．This passage was most likely written________．

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A．in the early 20th century

B．in the mid 20th century

C．in the late 20th century

D．in the early 21st century

5．Although the author says，“I am here to teach”，his purpose is really to________．

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Rocky Lyons was five years old when his mother，Kelly，was driving along the country road with him.He was asleep on the front seat of their truck，with his feet resting on her lap.As his mom drove carefully down the winding country road，she turned onto a narrow bridge.The truck hit a rock and slid off the road.She attempted to bring it back up onto the road by pressing hard on the gas pedal(踏板) and turning the steering wheel(方向盘) to the left.But Rocky’s foot got caught between her leg and the steering wheel and she lost control of the truck.

The truck fell into a 20?foot ravine(峡谷)．When it hit bottom，Rocky woke up.“What happened，Mama？” he asked.“Our wheels are pointing toward the sky.”

Kelly was seriously wounded and blinded by blood.“I’ll get you out，Mama，”announced Rocky，who had surprisingly escaped injury.He climbed out from under Kelly，slid through the open window and tried to yank his mother out.But she didn’t move.

“Just let me sleep，” begged Kelly，who was out of consciousness.Rocky insisted，“Mom，you can’t go to sleep.”

Rocky managed to push Kelly out of the truck and told her he’d climb up to the road and stop a car to get help.Fearing that no one would be able to see her little boy in the dark，Kelly refused to let him go alone.Instead they slowly moved up to the road.The pain was so great that Kelly wanted to give up，but Rocky wouldn’t let her.

Rocky kept repeating the inspirational phrase，“I know you can，I know you can.”When they finally reached the road，Rocky broke into tears seeing his mother’s torn face clearly for the first time.Waving his arms and shouting, “Please stop！” the boy stopped a truck.His mother was sent to hospital.

It took 8 hours to rebuild Kelly’s face.She looks quite different today—“I used to have a straight long nose，thin lips and high cheekbones；now I’ve got a flat cheeks and much bigger lips”—but she has few scars and has recovered from her injuries.

Rocky’s heroics were big news.Everyone was surprised at this little boy’s power.“It’s not like I wanted it to happen，” the boy explained.“I just did what anyone would have done.” “If it weren’t for Rocky，I’d have died，” said his mother.

1.According to the text，Rocky and Kelly ________.

A．were lost on a country road

B．were involved in a truck accident

C．had limited time to find their way

D．knew little of what happened to them

2.When he woke up，Rocky ________.

A．found the truck was turned over

B．found his mother had fallen asleep

C．was stuck against the door of the truck

D．was frightened by his mother’s blood

3.The underlined word “yank” in Paragraph 3 most probably means “________”．

A．pull? B．drive

C．follow? D．carry

4.What is the best title for the text?

A．A Boy and His Mother

B．How to Behave Well?

C．Nothing Is Lost

D．I Think You Can

Forgiving someone who has hurt you or let you down is never an easy thing．Several new studies，however，say that it could have a lot of health benefits．When you think of forgiveness，you probably don’t think of it as being a health or medical problem．Studies from Stanford University，on the other hand，show that something like anger can change your well-being．

    When cartoon book characters like the Incredible Hulk get angry，they change colours and often gain special power．In the real world，anger is less obvious and may be more dangerous．That’s why Professor Fred Luskin，founder of the Stanford Forgiveness Project and author of Forgive for Good，say holding on to anger and hatred can harm your physical and mental health．Two new studies seem to show the same idea．

    The studies find that people who are able to forgive feel less stress，less back pain and less depression．They also have fewer headaches，lower blood pressure and fewer problems．on sleeping．

    So it doesn’t matter if your anger is caused by the traffic or other things．Learning to let it go is important．Techniques such as deep breath or thought can help．Or just ask yourself if it’s worth hurting yourself by staying angry with someone else．

    Forgiveness does not mean that you simply accept what happened and say it’s OK．Instead，it’s a way of making peace with yourself about what happened in the past．

1．The author of the text tries to make his viewpoint clear             ．

      A．by raising his own examples              B．by basing on his own experience

      C．by mentioning some studies                 D．by mentioning some typical patients

2．The example of the cartoon book characters is taken in the text to              

      A．show the readers how to control one’s temper properly   

      B．introduce a famous expert in this research

      C．1et the reader know the different colours of cartoon faces

      D．show anger and hatred harm physical and mental health

3．The underlined phrase“holding on to” in Paragraph 2 probably means“          ”．

      A．removing             B．getting rid of               C．keeping up      D．1earning about

4．Which is NOT true of people who are able to forgive?

     A．They feel less tired．                        B．They feel less stress．

     C．They often sleep well．                        D．They feel less depression．

5．What can be the best title of the text?

     A．Forgiveness or Not                           B．Forgiveness Is Good for Health

     C．Secret to Keeping Health                      D．Anger Is Bad for Health

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Advice to “sleep on it” could be well founded, scientists say. After a good night’s sleep a problem that couldn’t be solved the night before can often appear more manageable, although the evidence（证据）until now has been personal experience. But researchers at the University of Luebek in Germany have designed an experiment that shows a good night’s sleep can improve insight（洞察力）and problem-solving.
“If you have some newly-got memories in your brain, sleep acts on these memories and rebuild them, so that after sleep the insight into problem which you could not solve before increases,” said Dr Jan Born, a neuroscientist（神经病学专家）at the university. To test the theory, they taught volunteers two simple rules to help them turn some numbers into a new order．There was also a third，hidden rule，which could help them increase their speed in solving the problem．The researchers divided the volunteers into two groups：half were allowed to sleep after the training while the rest were forced to stay awake．Dr Jan Born and his team noticed that the group that had slept after the training were twice as likely to figure out the third rule as the other group．“Sleep helped，”Born said in a telephone interview．“The important thing is that you have to have a memory representation in your brain of the problem you want to solve and then you sleep，so it can act on the problem．”But Born admitted that he and his team don’t know how rebuilding of memories occurs or what governs it．Pierre Maquet and Perrine Ruby of the University of Liege in Belgium said the experimental evidence supports the suggestions that sleep can help develop creative thinking．Although the role of sleep in human creativity will still be a mystery，the research gives people good reason to fully respect their periods of sleep，they added．
60．The underlined phrase“sleep on it”in Paragraph 1 probably means_________．
A．to delay deciding something until the next day
B．to get as much sleep as possible
C．to go on sleeping without being disturbed
D．to sleep till after the time you usually get up in the morning
61．Jan Born and his team carried out the experiment through________．
A．comparison    B．interview        C．survey          D．imagination
62．It can be inferred from the passage that___________．
A．people should sleep so long as they have time
B．sleep is the only way to solve hard problems
C．people have various periods of sleep   D．people know how sleep rebuilds memories
63．What would be the best title for the passage?
A．How Sleep Works．               B．Sleep Helps Solve Problems．
C．No Evidence，But Well Founded．   D．Born’s Discovery on Sleep．