To: Aggie@yahoo.com                      From: Joe@heinfo.net

Subject: Help!                             Date: 21/06/2005 10:02 AM

Dear Aunt Aggie, I'm having a problem with my classmate, Rena, at school．The other day I wrote an email to another classmate, Beth, in which I said some things about Rena that perhaps weren't very nice．Unluckily, when Beth was writing back to me, she accidentally forwarded(无意间转发) the message to Rena! Now Rena is really angry with me and won't talk to me, and Beth is unhappy as well．She's said sorry to me a hundred times already, but the harm is done．I feel bad, because I never would have said those things to Rena's face, but how do I forgive(谅解) me? What should I do?                                                         Joe

To: Joe@heinfo.net                      From: Aggie@yahoo.com

Subject: Some advice                     Date: 22/06/2005 10:45 AM

Dear Joe, This problem is more common than you might think! Email is very useful, but also very dangerous, as you don’t know where your message might end up! First of all, you should say sorry right away to Rena．Explain that it was a mistake, and that you didn't mean to hurt her feelings．It may take time for her to be able to forgive you, but that's up to her．Then you might want to do something nice for her．Perhaps send her some flowers to that you're truly sorry．Also, you should remember that old saying: "If you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all．" And good luck!                                                           Aggie

1．What is Joe's problem in the first email?

         A．Joe made Rena unhappy and he felt very sad．

B．Joe's classmate, Rena, sent Beth an email and made her unhappy．

C．Joe received a wrong email from Rena and became angry．

D．Joe's friend, Beth, is unhappy because Joe sent her an angry email．

2．After Rena's feelings got hurt, what did Joe do?

A．He emailed her and said sorry．

B．He asked Beth what he should do．

C．He emailed Aunt Aggie for help．

D．He said sorry to Rena face to face．

3．What does the underlined (画线的) sentence mean in the second email? It mean

A．because you don't know who the email is for

B．because you can never know who will get your email at last

C．because you don't know where your email was written

D．because you never know where the message is from

4．What advice did Aggie give Joe?

A．Joe, Beth and Rena should have a talk together．

B．Joe should wait for some time before saying sorry to Rena．

C．Joe should ask Beth to explain (解释) that to Rena．

D．Joe should say sorry to Rena, and then send her some flowers．

5．From the emails, we know that         ．

A．Joe, Rena and Beth study at different schools．

B．Beth didn't forward the message to Rena．

C．Joe has said sorry to Rena many times already．

D． Rena hasn't forgiven Joe, yet．

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There was once a rich man who loved his little boy very
much. He wanted to try his best to please (使……高兴) him.
So he gave him a horse to ride, beautiful rooms to live in,
pictures, books, toys and everything that money  【小题1】 buy.
But for all this, the little boy was still  【小题2】 . He wore a frown ( 皱眉 ) wherever he went, and always wished for something he did not have. The man didn' t know how to make his son happy.
One day, a magician (魔术师) came to the man and said to him, "I can make your son happy and turn his frowns into smiles, but you must pay me a great price for 【小题3】 him the secret. "
"All right," said the man, "No matter what you ask for, I’ll give you." The magician took the boy into a secret room. He wrote something on a piece of paper, and then gave it to the   【小题4】There on the paper came the words, "Do one kind thing for someone every day. " The boy  【小题5】 the advice and became one of the happiest boys.
Only those who stop thinking about their own happiness can be truly happy.

用下面方框中单词的适当形式填入短文空格内，使短文意思正确、通顺(每词限用一次)。

research    common     they      fun        before       compare sudden      social     same      find       affect       exact

Worried That People Are Laughing at You?

     Imagine this situation. You pass a group of people. The people are talking to each other. You cannot hear what they are saying. But    1   they start laughing. What would you think? Would you think they were laughing at something   2    that one of them said? Or, to be honest with yourself, would you think they were laughing at you? Yes, you.

     Being laughed at is a  3  fear. But a major study published(公布)in 2009 found that this fear is not the   4    around the world, It differs from culture to culture.

     Some people in the study said they felt unsure of   5    in social situations and hid their feelings of insecurity (不安全). Others said they avoided (回避) social situations where they had been laughed at   6   .

     Shy people often avoid situations that would make them get into close contact (接触) with other people. They worry that something they say or do will make other people laugh at them, It can be truly sad for those who live with the fear of laughter. It can   7    how they lead their lives.

     In the study, a team from the University of Zurich led more than ninety   8   from around the world. They wanted to understand the difference between normal shyness and true fear of being laughed at. Another purpose of the study was   9   the levels of fear of being laughed at in different cultures. The scientists surveyed more than twenty-two thousand people in forty-two different languages. The   10   would appear in Scientific Humor.

 

用下面方框中单词的适当形式填入短文空格内，使短文意思正确、通顺(每词限用一次)。

research    common     they      fun        before       compare sudden      social     same      find      affect      exact

Worried That People Are Laughing at You?
Imagine this situation. You pass a group of people. The people are talking to each other. You cannot hear what they are saying. But    1  they start laughing. What would you think? Would you think they were laughing at something   2   that one of them said? Or, to be honest with yourself, would you think they were laughing at you? Yes, you.
Being laughed at is a  3 fear. But a major study published(公布)in 2009 found that this fear is not the   4   around the world, It differs from culture to culture.
Some people in the study said they felt unsure of   5   in social situations and hid their feelings of insecurity (不安全). Others said they avoided (回避) social situations where they had been laughed at   6  .
Shy people often avoid situations that would make them get into close contact (接触) with other people. They worry that something they say or do will make other people laugh at them, It can be truly sad for those who live with the fear of laughter. It can   7   how they lead their lives.
In the study, a team from the University of Zurich led more than ninety   8  from around the world. They wanted to understand the difference between normal shyness and true fear of being laughed at. Another purpose of the study was   9  the levels of fear of being laughed at in different cultures. The scientists surveyed more than twenty-two thousand people in forty-two different languages. The   10  would appear in Scientific Humor.