Our thoughts, words, and actions often cause harm to others and to us. Without reconciliation (和解), we cannot deepen our understanding and only cause more suffering. "Beginning Anew" is a(n)   1   of reconciliation. It involves three steps —— sharing appreciation, expressing   2   , and expressing hurt and difficulties.

In the first step, we share appreciation. We acknowledge the   3   qualities of the other person. The second step——expressing regret, is to  4  with the other person our regrets for the things we have done or said that might have caused him or her  5  . This requires humility (谦逊), and the   6   to let go of our own pride. In the third step, we express our own hurt with mindful and loving   7   without blaming or criticizing. We speak in such a way that the other person can listen and   8  our words. If we blame the other person, his heart will   9    and he will not be able to hear us. We ask the other person to help us to understand why he has spoken and acted as he has, causing us so much pain. Perhaps, later, he can share his feelings so that we can understand him more deeply. If a strong   10   arises in us while we are expressing our suffering, we should simply   11   and come back to our breathing until the emotion becomes   12 . The other person can   13   us by following his breathing until we are ready to continue. We can enjoy practicing "Beginning Anew" with our partner, our family, or our friends   14  . By doing this, we will   15   misunderstandings from accumulating. Rather, we will take care of them as they arise, as we take care of our children.

1.         A.  method       B.  practice        C.  example    D.  experience

2.         A.  concern      B.  belief          C.  regret     D.  sympathy

3.         A.  positive     B.  poor            C.  confident  D.  selfish

4.         A.  chat         B.  compare         C.  debate     D.  share

5.  A.  pain        B.  anxiety         C. confusion    D.  loss

6.         A.  willingness  B.  kindness        C. happiness    D. weakness

7.         A.  speech       B.  letter          C.  story      D.  question

8.         A.  choose       B.  accept          C.  spread     D.  change

9.         A.  open         B.  close           C.  beat       D.  melt

10.        A.  emotion      B.  responsibility  C.  value      D.  interest

11.        A.  continue     B.  stop            C.  leave      D.  repeat

12.        A.  quieter      B.  warmer          C.  deeper     D.  stronger

13.        A.  forget       B.  support         C.  hate       D.  remember

14.        A.  quickly      B.  carefully       C.  regularly  D.  willingly

15. A.  prevent B.  protect C.  separate    D.  forbid

 

It was a cold evening and my daughter and I were walking up Broadway．I didn’t notice a guy sitting inside a cardboard box．But Nora did．She wasn’t even four, but she  36  at my coat and said, “That man’s cold, Daddy,  37  we take him home?”

I don’t remember my reply．But I do remember a sudden  38  feeling inside me．I had always been delighted at how much my daughter noticed in her  39 , whether it was  40  in flight or children playing．But now she was noticing  41  and beggary．

A few days later, I saw an article in the newspaper about volunteers who picked up a food package from a nearby school on a Sunday morning and  42  it to an elderly person．It was quick and easy．I  43  us up．Nora was  44  about it．She could understand the importance of food, so she could easily see how  45  our job was．When Sunday came, she was ready, but I had to  46  myself to leave the house to fetch the food package．On the way to the school, I fought an urge to turn  47 ．The Sunday paper and coffee were waiting for me at home．Why do this?  48 , we phoned the elderly person we’d been appointed．She  49  us right over．

The building was in a bad state．Facing us was a silver-haired woman in an old dress．She took the package and asked us to come in．Nora ran inside．I unwillingly followed． 50  inside, I saw that the apartment belonged to someone poor．Our hostess showed us some photos．Nora played and when it came time to say good-bye, we three hugged, I walked home in tears．

Professionals call such a（n） 51  a “volunteer opportunity”．They are opportunities, and I’ve come to see．Where else but as volunteers do you have the opportunity to do something  52 that’s good for others as well as for yourself? Nora and I regularly serve meals to needy people and  53  clothes for the homeless．Yet, as I’ve  54  her grow over these past four years, I still wonder ------ which of us has  55  more?

1.                A．pulled          B．glanced         C．pointed   D．aimed

 

2.                A．would          B．need           C．can  D．must

 

3.                A．general         B．heavy          C．funny    D．simple

 

4.                A．area           B．part            C．eyesight  D．world

 

5.                A．insects         B．animals         C．plants    D．birds

 

6.                A．coldness        B．suffering        C．illness    D．ignorance

 

7.                A．delivered       B．returned        C．devoted  D．posted

 

8.                A．held           B．hurried         C．lined D．signed

 

9.                A．casual          B．sorry           C．astonished D．excited

 

10.               A．valuable        B．creative        C．shocking   D．simple

 

11.               A．push           B．stop           C．allow D．warn

 

12.               A．away          B．back           C．up   D．out

 

13.               A．Therefore      B．Obviously       C．Still   D．Also

 

14.               A．called          B．promised       C．invited    D．helped

 

15.               A．Although       B．Though         C．Because   D．Once

 

16.               A．visit           B．stay           C．adventure D．challenge

 

17.               A．fair            B．famous         C．difficult   D．enjoyable

 

18.               A．wear          B．make          C．order D．collect

 

19.               A．let            B．watched        C．made D．noticed

 

20.               A．increased       B．tried           C．benefited  D．seized

 

 

A Charlotte, N.C., man was charged with first-degree murder of a 79-year-old woman whom police said he scared to death. In an attempt to evade policemen after a bank robbery, the Associated Press reports that 20-year-old Larry Whitfield broke into the home of Mary Parnell. Police say he didn’t touch Parnell but that she died after suffering a heart attack that was caused by terror. Can the guy be held responsible for the woman’s death? Prosecutors(公诉人) said that he can under the state’s murder rule, which allows someone to be charged with murder if he or she causes another person’s death while committing or fleeing from a severe crime like robbery—even if he or she doesn’t kill someone on purpose.

But, medically speaking, can someone actually be frightened to death? We asked Martin Samuels, chairman of the neurology department at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston.

Absolutely, no question about it.

The body has a natural protective method called the fight-or-flight response(战或逃反应), which was originally described by Walter Cannon，the chairman of Harvard University’s physiology department from 1906 to 1942. If, in the wild, an animal is faced with a life-threatening situation, the autonomic nervous system responds by increasing heart rate, increasing blood flow to the muscles, and slowing digestion, among other things. All of this increases the chances of succeeding in a fight or running away from an aggressive beast. This process certainly would be of help to primitive humans. However, in the modern world there is obvious decline of the fight-or-flight response.

The autonomic nervous system uses the chemical messenger to send signals to various parts of the body to activate the fight-or-flight response. This chemical is toxic in large amounts; it damages the organs such as the heart, lungs, liver and kidneys. It is believed that almost all sudden deaths are caused by damage to the heart. There is almost no other organ that would fail so fast as to cause sudden death. Kidney failure, liver failure, those things don’t kill you suddenly.

By the way, any strong positive or negative emotions such as happiness or sadness can cause the same result. There are people who have died in intercourse or in religious passion. There was a case of a golfer who hit a hole in one, turned to his partner and said, “I can die now”, and then he dropped dead. For about seven days after the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon there was an increase of sudden cardiac death among New Yorkers.

1.Why the Charlotte, N.C., man was charged?

A. Because he threatened the policemen to kill an old woman.

B. Because he caused an old woman’s terror and she died.

C. Because he beat an old woman and caused her heart attack

D. Because he murdered an old woman while robbing a bank.

2. What is Martin Samuels’ attitude to the possibility of being frightened to death?

A. Approval.              B. Disapproval.                  C. Doubtful.          D. Indifferent.

3.Which of the following about the fight-or-flight response is true?

A. The fight-or-flight response was raised and proved by Martin A. Samuels.

B. It is a natural protective method that can’t be found in all creatures but humans.

C. The ancient humans had a superior fight-or-flight response than modern ones.

D. The fight-or-flight response is beneficial to both our actions and organs.

4. What activity can we infer is less likely to damage the organs?

A. Winning a big lottery.                               B. Missing a dead family.

C. Watching a horror movie.                            D. Listening to a sweet song.

5.The purpose of the passage is_________.

A. to explain why people will die of a heart attack

B. to offer some advice on protecting us from heart failure

C. to compare different kinds of feelings to cause a death

D. to show strong emotions can cause a sudden death

 

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       Many people believe that “It is always calm before a storm.” Actually it is not true. Before the Tangshan earthquake, strange things happened. Some animals were too n______1. to eat and the water pipes in some buildings cracked and b______2.. At 3:42 a.m. the terrible earthquake broke out. In fifteen seconds, a large city lay in r_____3.. The suffering of the people was e_______4.. Almost everything was d_____5. and thousands of children were left homeless. Before people could r_______6.from the first quake, a second one hit the city. Some rescue workers and doctors were t________7.underground. Water, food, and e_______8.were cut off. People began to wonder how long the d____9. would last.

       L_____10.， people all over the nation offered the helping hand. With the joint efforts, the city began to breathe again.

 

When my twin sons, Chad and Brad, were born, I was concerned about everything. Five years later, our little girl, Becky   1  our family. I wanted everybody to be healthy and happy. I worked hard to see that they were.

As the kids grew older, I worried about headaches, throat infections and many other common childhood illnesses．I didn’t like it when the boys spent time “warming the bench (板凳)” during Little League football games. I worried about Becky when she  2   the ball while playing softball．Before long, the teen years were upon us. I stayed up late at night waiting for the boys to return home．Many times the   3   crossed my mind that I would call the police if they weren’t home on time.   4 , they always arrived home safe and sound before I had to take such   5  .

“Please don't ever call the police,” one of the boys said when I   6  him after a late arrival. The day the boys moved away to college was a(n)   7  day indeed. I worried about their being able to take care of themselves. Would they starve?

A few months after the boys left college, our   8  rang in the middle of the night. It startled (惊醒) us when we looked at the clock．It was 3 o’clock in the morning. “Something must be wrong,” I shouted to my husband, Roy, as we both jumped up．We ran to the door, opened it, and there stood a police officer.

“You need to call your sons,” he    9   announced. I picked up the telephone, but unfortunately, it was   10  . A line outside had been accidentally cut. Roy and I jumped into the car and   11  to the nearest telephone．My stomach ached．My husband was   12  so badly that he could hardly dial the number.

On the first   13 , Chad answered the telephone. “What's wrong?” Roy shouted into the receiver (听筒). “We were worried about you,” Chad told him. “We’ve been trying to call you all night, but you didn’t   14  .We called the police and asked them to go and check on you.”

For the first time in their lives, the boys were worried about us. And they were the ones who   15   had to call the police.

1.                A．completed      B．visited          C．tested    D．appreciated

 

2.                A．hit            B．threw          C．got  D．missed

 

3.                A．plan           B．advice          C．worry    D．thought

 

4.                A．Strangely       B．Probably        C．Luckily   D．Hopefully

 

5.                A．worries         B．places          C．measures D．telephones

 

6.                A．threatened      B．told            C．surprised D．reminded

 

7.                A．nice           B．embarrassing    C．happy    D．sad

 

8.                A．phone         B．clock           C．alarm D．doorbell

 

9.                A．seriously        B．carefully        C．anxiously D．kindly

 

10.               A．gone          B．useless         C．dead D．shortened

 

11.               A．rushed         B．headed         C．went D．moved

 

12.               A．looking         B．shaking         C．suffering  D．seeing

 

13.               A．night          B．arrival          C．try   D．ring

 

14.               A．talk            B．answer         C．wake D．care

 

15.               A．frequently      B．suddenly       C．actually   D．rarely