She only watches them ________ TV.

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　　Many TV programmes are very imaginative. One who watches such TV programmes often feels terrified. Such programmes should be for adults only. When I watched a programme of violence (暴力), I was terrified. One night I was on my home from my friend's, walking to the station. I took a train back to the centre of the city. There would be a lot of people traveling with me, and I felt safe.

　　A man sitting opposite me, I thought nothing of it until I saw him staring at me. “He seemed to be a murderer,” I remembered the film and felt very uncomfortable. Then I got off the train and went to the bus stop. When the man got on the same bus I found that he was following me. Luckily I was together with other people in the bus, so I wasn't frightened. But, when I got off the bus, the streets were almost empty. I walked as quickly as I could. I could hear the footsteps following me, but I didn't dare to look round. After what seemed to have been hours, I reached the front door of my house. I looked for my keys, but I was too frightened to find them. The footsteps stopped behind me. I felt a hand on my shoulder. Instead of feeling hands around my neck, however, I heard a pleasant voice, “I'm sorry if I frightened you, I'm your new neighbor, I thought I recognized you in the train, but I wasn't sure.”

(1) The girl felt frightened when walking to the station, because ________.

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A．she watched many TV programmes

B．she was being followed

C．she had been at her friend's house

D．he was a girl of rich friend's house

(2) The girl's friend lived ________ her home.

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A．near

B．a short distance away from

C．a long way from

D．next to

(3) She was really frightened because ________.

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A．the man following her was a terrible one

B．she was alone that night

C．the street was empty

D．she took the man for a murderer

(4) The man put his hand on her shoulder. He meant to ________ her.

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(5) Usually a girl will be frightened if ________.

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A．she often watches TV.

B．she is followed by a stranger at night for a long time

C．she meets her neighbor suddenly

D．her neighbor puts a hand on her shoulder

How can we improve our life? Many people think that they have to accept whatever life throws at them. They’ll say, “this is my destiny (命运). I cannot change it.”
Certainly not! You don’t have to suffer too much. Your destiny depends on yourself, not on any other factors.
I know someone who says she just accepts what life gives her because she has done everything she can to improve it. Guess what her lifestyle is? She wakes up in the morning, goes to work, comes back home, relaxes, chats with people, watches TV, then goes to sleep. Next day, the same routine cycle follows. Huh! Is this what she calls “doing her best”? She believes she has tried her best. But in fact she hasn’t.
Remember that you get what you pay. You just don’t sit around and wait for a million dollars to fall from the sky. You have to get off the couch, get your eyes off the TV screen, get your hands off the phone. Don’t expect your luck to change unless you do something about it. If something goes wrong, don’t just regard it as a little failure, but use it as feedback (反馈). Learn your lesson, make the most of the situation, and do something to solve the problem. It’s not enough to think positively (积极地), you also have to act positively.
If someone’s life is in the trouble, do you just hope that things will turn out fine? Of course not! You get to do anything you can to save the person. So it is with your own life. It is not enough to hope for the best, but you have to do your best. In other words, don’t just stand (or sit) there, do something to improve your life.
【小题1】The writer’s attitude towards destiny is that ________.