Are you a crazy chocolate fan? Have you heard about Hershey’s Kisses? Do you love the movie Charlie and the Chocolate Factory? If your answer was, "yes", to any of the questions, then my experience will make you jealous (妒忌的). I just went to the famous Hershey Chocolate Factory!
The other day we drove from Washington DC to the small town of Hershey, Pennsylvania. When we arrived at the factory, we realized that this was much more than just a factory. The whole town is a chocolate-themed amusement park. The sweet smell of chocolate is on every street corner. There are even road signs that say things like, "Chocolate Ave(大道)" and "Cake St.".
As we were walking towards the park, Jason, our tour guide, began telling us about this quiet little town. Hershey chocolate has been a brand in the world over the past hundred years. It is the biggest company that makes and sells chocolate in America," he started. "I guess you get the chocolate in China, don’t you?"
I nodded(点头) without thinking. How could I possibly not know those lovely little candies when I’ve been eating them all these years? 
Jason went on, "The factory first started on a small farm. It developed very fast. So they built this town for factory workers to live in. Then they built hotels, hospitals, stadiums(体育馆), theaters and even museums with the theme of chocolate. Isn’t that cool?"
"Yes, a hundred times yes!" I yelled (叫喊 )with delight.
【小题1】 What did the writer mainly talk about?

A．Her wonderful trip to a chocolate factory.	B．What kind of chocolate she likes best.
C．How chocolate is produced in the factory.	D．Why she likes chocolate so much.

【小题2】 What was the small town of Hershey like?

A．It was very beautiful.	B．It was like a big city.
C．It was very colorful.	D．It was a theme park.

【小题3】Which of the following statements is TRUE?

A．Hershey Chocolate has not been introduced to China yet.

B．Hershey was a German company.

C．Hershey Chocolate developed very fast.

D．Hershey Chocolate first started on a big farm.

【小题4】 What does the underlined word mean? ______.

A．乐队

B．品牌

C．一种

D．帮派

【小题5】 What can we know from the writer’s answer to the guide?

A．The writer had never heard about Hershey Chocolate.

B．The writer didn’t want to visit the factory any more.

C．The writer had visited the factory before.

D．The writer couldn’t wait to visit the factory.

Ever since 1 was little, my favorite season was winter. I loved to play in the snow and enjoyed the hot chocolate. 
  1 , winter never gave me the special gift of snow on my birthday. I would ask my grandmother  2 it didn’t snow on my birthday. She would laugh and tell me I asked too many questions.   3 one day, she promised that she would make it snow on my next birthday.
That year,   4 my birthday, my grandmother died. I was sad but angry because she had promised to make it snow. The day of my sixth birthday, I woke up and ran to the window, hoping to see just one snowflake(雪花). But there was no   5  . I felt mad at my grandmother. She had broken a promise.
By my sixteenth birthday, I   6 all hope of getting my snow, even though I still wished for it.
During my party, I stayed with my friends and family and was truly    7 . I  8 the best time ever! Then I saw the white snow   9 down all around. I was so excited that I ran around screaming and laughing. My friends all laughed   10 me, but I didn’t care.
When I   11 home, my grandpa said he had a gift for me. I was   12 because he had given me a gift. It was a small white box, which looked old. I opened it. There was a crystal snowflake(冰晶雪花)with a card that    13 , “Happy Birthday.”
How could this be? My grandpa said it was my grandmother’s final   14 on my “sweet sixteenth”. I cried.
I was   15 that my smiling grandmother angel was and had been watching over me.

【小题1】

A．Certainly B．Unluckily C．Importantly D．Luckily

【小题2】

A．when B．how C．whether D．why

【小题3】

A．But B．Or C．Then D．So

【小题4】

A．on B．after C．before D．in

【小题5】

A．season B．snow C．breakfast D．winter

【小题6】

A．had got B．had made C．had found D．had lost

【小题7】

A．happy B．sad C．angry D．sorry

【小题8】

A．had B．was C．played D．feared

【小题9】

A．fell B．standing C．disappearing D．falling

【小题10】

A．with B．at C．from D．off

【小题11】

A．arrived at B．reached at C．got D．flew

【小题12】

A．excited B．surprised C．pleased D．sad

【小题13】

A．wrote B．said C．explained D．appeared

【小题14】

A．order B．mistake C．wish D．decision

【小题15】

A．sure B．angry C．sad D．confident

We know that the famous master of ceremonies﹡, He Jiong, has studied Arabic language. He is also teaching Arabic language in Beijing Foreign Studies University﹡. He can even write some of his songs in Arabic.
Super girl, Shang Wenjie, is good at French. Do you get surprised when you are listening to her French songs? How could she speak and sing in French? Well, it was her major in university.
Environment is very important when you study a foreign language. If you speak the foreign language every day, you’ll make great progress﹡ in a short time. Yao Ming began to play basketball in NBA in 2002. Now, he speaks English very well.
In 2002, Han Geng, one of members of Super Junior, went to Korea. Han’s Korean﹡ is excellent now.

【小题1】Who can write Arabic songs?

A．He Jiong.

B．Shang Wenjie.

C．Yao Ming.

D．Han Geng.

【小题2】What is Shang Wenjie good at?

A．She is good at singing Arabic songs.

B．She is good at speaking French.

C．She is good at speaking Korean.

D．She is good at playing basketball.

【小题3】Can Yao Ming speak English well ?

A．No, he can’t .

B．Yes, he can.

C．No, he doesn’t.

D．Yes, he does.

【小题4】What language can Han Geng speak well?

A．English.

B．Japanese.

C．German.

D．Korean.

【小题5】Which is TRUE according to the passage?

A．Shang Wenjie is a famous master of ceremonies.

B．Yao Ming began to play basketball in NBA in 2002.

C．Han Geng can sing French songs well.

D．He Jiong’s major was French in university.

One summer vacation in my college, my roommate Ted asked to me to work on his father’s farm in Argentina. The idea was exciting. Then I had second thoughts. I had never been far from New England, and I had been homesick my first few weeks at college. What about the language? The more I thought about it, the more the idea worried me.

Finally, I turned down the invitation. Then I realized I had turned down something I wanted to do because I was scared and felt depressed(沮丧). That experience taught me a valuable lesson and I developed a rule for myself: do what makes you anxious(焦虑); don’t do what makes you depressed.

In my senior year, I wanted to be a writer. But my professor wanted me to teach. I hesitated. The idea of writing was much scarier than spending a summer in Argentina. Back and forth I went, making my decision, unmaking it. Suddenly I realized that every time I gave up the idea of writing, that downhearted feeling went through me.

Giving up writing really depressed me. Then I learned another lesson. To avoid the depression meant having to bear much worry and concern.

When I first began writing articles, I often interviewed big names. Before each interview I would get butterflies in the stomach. One of them was the great composer Duke Ellington. On the stage and on television, he seemed very confident. Then I learned Ellington still got stage fright（害怕）. If Ellington still had anxiety attacks, how could I avoid them? I went on doing those frightening interviews. Little by little, I was even looking forward to the interviews. Where were those butterflies?

In truth, they were still there, but fewer of them. I had learned from a process psychologists（心理学家） call “extinction”. If you put an individual in an anxious situation often, finally there isn’t anything to be worried about, which brings me to a conclusion: you’ll never get rid of anxiety by avoiding the things that caused it.

The point is that the new, the different, is definitely scary. But each time you try something, you learn, and as the learning piles up, the world opens to you.

1.We can infer from the passage that the author________. 

A．finds it difficult to make decision

B．has found out what causes anxiety

C．was encouraged by Duke Ellington’s stage fright

D．no longer feels anxious about new experiences

2.What does the word “extinction” in Paragraph 6 means?

A．a person’s loss of confidence little by little

B．the natural development of a child’s abilities

C．the inborn ability to avoid anxious situations

D．the process of losing fear by keeping facing anxiety

3.Which of the following opinions does the writer probably accept?

A．Anxiety can be a positive drive

B．Hesitation leads to depression.

C．Avoiding anxiety reduces depression.

D．Depression is a signal that one is growing up.

4.What's the best title for the passage?

A．Confidence: Key to Success

B．Anxiety: Challenge by Another Name

C．Depression: A Psychological Appearance

D．Success: A Trip Through Anxiety and Depression