As a child, I was really afraid of the dark and of getting lost. These fears were very real and caused me some uncomfortable moments.

Maybe it was the strange way things looked and sounded in my own room at night that scared me so much. There was never complete darkness, but always a streetlight or passing car lights, which made clothes on the back of a chair take on the shape of a wild animal. Out of the corner of my eye, I saw the curtains seem to move when there was no wind. A very low sound in the floor would seem a hundred times louder than in the day. My imagination (想象) would run wild, and my heart would beat fast. I would lie very still so that the “enemy” would not discover me.

Another of my childhood fears was that I would get lost, especially on the way home from school. Every morning I got on the school bus right near my home. That was no problem. After school, though, when all the buses were lined up along the street, I was afraid that I would get in the wrong one and be taken to some other strange places. On school or family trips to a park or a museum, I wouldn’t let the leaders out of my sight.

Perhaps one of the worst fears of all I had as a child was that of not being liked or accepted by others. Being popular was so important to me then, and the fear of not being liked was a serious one.

One of the processes growing up is being able to realize and overcome our fears. Understanding the things that scared us as children helps us achieve greater success later in life.

1.The author had _______ kind(s) of fears when she was a child.

A. one?? ?? ????????????? B. two????? ????????????? C. three?????? ????????????? D. none

2._______ would scare the author at night.

A. Streetlight and car lights???? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? B. Wild animals and enemies

C. Moving curtains and wind?? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? D. Clothes and walls

3.When she went to some other places, she would _______.

A. walk away without others

B. take a bus by herself

C. follow others closely

D. make sure not to take a wrong bus

4.Which of the following would be possibly true when she was a child?

A. She thought being popular among people was important.?????????????

B. She was always the leader of the others.

C. She always got poor grades.

D. She was not liked by others at all.

A saint (圣人) found a group of family members shouting angrily at each other on a river bank. He asked his disciples(信徒), “  1  do people shout when they are angry with each other?” The disciples 2  for a while and one of them said, “Because they lose their calm.”

“But why should they shout when the other persons are just 3  them? They can tell them what they have to say in a  4  manner.” Asked the saint.

The disciples gave some other answers but  5 made the saint pleased. Finally the saint  6  , “When two people are angry with each other, their hearts distance a lot. To cover that distance they must shout in order to  7 each other. The angrier they are, the 8 they will have to shout to cover that great distance. What happens when two people fall in love? They don’t shout at each other but talk softly, because their hearts are very close. The distance 9 them is very small or doesn’t exist(存在).”

The saint looked at his disciples and continued, “So when you argue with other people, do not say words that distance each other, or else there will come a day when the distance is so great that you will not find the  10  to return.

1.                A．What          B．When          C．Where   D．Why

2.                A．thought        B．laughed         C．cried D．rested

3.                A．far from        B．next to         C．across from    D．in the front of

4.                A．hard           B．lively           C．soft  D．bad

5.                A．everyone       B．anyone         C．someone D．none

6.                A．explained       B．answered       C．replied   D．asked

7.                A．see            B．watch          C．hear D．listen to

8.                A．softer          B．louder          C．larger    D．higher

9.                A．by             B．near           C．among   D．between

10.               A．way           B．answer         C．home D．person

The world has many beautiful sounds. We can hear the songs of birds and the laugh of people. We can listen to the cool music and news reports. And it’s all because of our ears! They bring us a world of sounds.
But some people can’t hear any sound at all. Some are born deaf. Others can hear well in their childhood, but too many loud sounds hurt their ears later on.
Many people in China can’t hear ordinary sounds clearly. A large number of them are children. Most of them are born with good hearing. But six children of every 1,000 have hearing problems when they are born. And if a child has hearing problems, he or she usually will also have some learning problems at school.
A lot of things can cause hearing problems. For example, too much earwax is not good for our hearing. And noise louder than 85 decibels (分贝) can hurt our ears and make us lose our hearing for a short time or even for ever.
Hearing is important for all of us. So we should do our best to give our ears special care. Don’t forget to do the following:
● Try to stay away from places with too much noise. If you have to go, wear earplugs. A pair of good earplugs can cut the noise by 30 decibels.
● When swimming, remember to put earplugs into your ears to stop water from getting in.
● Never put anything sharp into your ears. If you think you have too much earwax, ask your mum or dad to help you clean it out.
Keep these things in mind! Then you won’t be saying “WHAT? WHAT?” when you are older.
【小题1】What does the underlined word “earwax” mean in the passage?

【小题1】Turn on your computer and (连接) to the Internet.
【小题2】It’s an __(荣幸) to talk with all of you here.
【小题3】The English has also __(吸收) in many new words from other languages.
【小题4】(行动) speak louder than words.
【小题5】My teacher told me that I was an (优秀的) student.
【小题6】We __(成功) in finishing the hard work yesterday.
【小题7】The boss has ­­­­­­­­­(大概) gone home.
【小题8】If we go to the West Hill, we’ll see bees and butterflies __(跳舞).
【小题9】What’s the p of China?  It’s about 1.3 billion .
【小题10】I hope the government will s_ the problems soon.