Fears are something we all have. You need to face your fears and to get over them. However,it's easier (41) 　than done. Running away from your fears doesn’t make them leave It just makes them (42) …than ever. We're never going to be (43) fearless everything we do, but we can at least be more fearless and 　(44)

　 What are the fears that scare you much? Check what they are and get them (45) in the open. Are they things (46) height or snakes? Are you afraid to talk to girl or boy?

Ar. you so 　(47)　 that you are fearing on saying the wrong thing? These are common fears that (48) your daily lives.

　 Before you can face them, you need to learn more about 　 (49)　 makes you fearful of these situations Communicating your fear one way. Other people may be able to(50) 　your anxiety(焦虑）because they know something you don’t. It could he from 8 past (51) , something that you could never forget and has made you fearful (52)　 then

To face fears, you have to (53)　 in something. It's a very healthy way of letting you feel as if nothing can go (54) When you feel that way, you may he able to think (55) about your fears. You will be able 10 believe that everything will be okay. Everything does end up being okay.

41. A called　　　　 B. acted　　　　 C. dreamed　　 D. said

42. A. louder　　　　 B sillier　　　　 C. brighter　　 D. bigger

43. A. similarly　　　 B. specially　　　 C. completely　　 D. strongly

44. A. honest　　　　 B. confident　　　 C. patient　　　 D energetic

45. A. out　　　　 B. below　　　 C. about　　　 D away

46 A. like　　　　　 B. behind　　　　 C. among　　　 D above

47. A. free　　　　 B; shy　　　　 C. polite　　　 D. peaceful

48. A. wonder　　　　 B. pretend　　　 C. influence　　　 D. save

49. A. who　　　　　 B. why　　　　　 C where　　　　 D. what

50. A. remind　　　　 B. realise　　　 C. represent　　 D. receive

51'. A. season　　　 B. expression　　 C. subject　　　 D. experience

52. A. before　　　　 B. since　　　　 C. after　　　　 D .until

53. A. believe　　　 B. suggest　　　 C. dream　　　 D. succeed

54. A. guilty　　　　 B. wrong　　　 C. direct　　　 D. correct

55. A. mostly　　　　 B. fairly　　　　 C. differently　　 D. gently

Today is the last Saturday before Christmas. Almost everyone in the USA  31  shopping for presents.   32 is falling and people are walking fast. They are trying   33  warm as they move from shop to shop. Inside the shops the children are   34  at the toys and talking to a man called Father Christmas. He is asking them what they want for Christmas.
In the USA it is warm and beautiful in summer, the trees and fields are green then. But now it is winter and   35 is white. The white snow is as almost   36  as Father Christmas.
At   37  there are different colours. Thousands of lights decorate(装饰)the houses and buildings of every town. These bright red, green, blue, orange and yellow lights help to make Christmas a beautiful   38  of year.
Christmas Day always begins    39   breakfast. The children wake up very early and can’t wait to open the   40  from their parents. Then they wake their parents up calling  "Merry Christmas! "

A primary school teacher asked her students to write a composition about what they would like God to do for them. At the end of the day, while marking the compositions, she read one that impressed her deeply. Her husband, who had just walked in, saw her crying and asked her, “What happened?”
She answered, “Read this. It is one of my students’ compositions.”
“Dear God, tonight I ask you for something very special: Make me into a television. I want to take its place and live like the TV in my house. Have my own special place, and have my family around me. To be taken seriously when I talk. I want to be the centre of attention and be heard without interruption(打断) or questions. I want to receive the same special care that the TV receives even when it is not working. Have the company of my dad when he arrives home from work, even when he is tired. And I want my mom to want me close when she is sad and upset, instead of ignoring(不理) me. And ...I want my brothers to fight to be with me...I want to feel that my family just put everything aside, every now and then, just to spend some time with me. And last but not least, make sure that I can make them all happy and entertain them. God, I don’t ask you for much. I just want to live like our TV. ”
At that moment the husband said, “My God, poor kid, what horrible parents!” .The teacher looked up at him and said, “That composition is our son’s!”
【小题1】Why did the teacher cry?

As we know, Chongqing has changed a lot. Most of the people feel much safer now. More and more trees are being planted in the city. And every day you can see many old people play sports everywhere. The change makes the people in the city live a happy life. The small survey below is from people in Chongqing. One hundred persons were chosen to answer the questions last week.

Feeling lonely can make you sick. Doctors have long known that loneliness can cause many health problems and even death. What they didn’t know is   16  this feeling causes illness. A study in the online magazine Genome Biology  17  that loneliness actually influences the important part of our bodies—our genes.
In a small population of patients, researchers   18  more than 20,000 genes to compare how the genes of lonely and non-lonely individuals (个体) express themselves in molecular processes (分子过程) and in personal health. They found that gene expression is   19  in chronically (长期地) lonely people. “We now have a new way for understanding the relationship   20   social experience and physical health,” explains the study’s lead author, Steve Cole of University of California, Los Angeles.
“This study—the first to link (联系)   21  with gene changes—is special and exciting,” says Emma Adam, a professor of human development at Northwestern University. “It   22  in the black box.”
According to John Cacioppo, an author of the study from the University of Chicago, the
work suggests that loneliness is a warning   23 , much like physical pain. “This feeling is so bad because   24  of us wants to be forgotten; that’ s also what human means,” he says. “It makes us   25  for other people and want to be with friends when we’re lonely.”