The other day I decided to teach my son about the power of small acts of kindness. He had won some lollies(棒棒糖) in a prize machine in the local supermarket, so I asked him if he would like to   46   his prizes with another child. He hesitated(犹豫) for a while because he is a(n)   47   boy, but said yes after I   48   him a bit.

         A father and his daughter were   49  . I approached the father and asked if my son could give his   50   a lolly that he had won. The father looked at me in   51   and was unsure what to say. I   52   explained that I was teaching my son about the power of kindness. Eventually he said it was okay.

           53  , his daughter, who was looking at us sideways(侧向一边地),   54   accept the lolly! At this moment, my son was rather embarrassed(尴尬) and then he   55   to me, “We go to the same   56  , Mum.”

         Rather than say sorry to my son for embarrassing him and give up this   57  , I put a couple of lollies into their shopping bags and   58   them a great day!

         When we left the supermarket, I   59   to my son, “People in the world today are not so open to   60   because their thoughts and opinions have been   61   by the past. However, we can reshape their opinions by   62   small acts of kindness. So don’t be embarrassed. Hey, they may have been standoffish(冷淡的), but I’m sure we left them   63  , moved and inspired in some way. Not only that,   64   the young girl will probably remember you as the boy with a   65   heart when she comes across you at school!”

1.A. give                              B. show                                C. eat                                   D. share

2.A. shy                                B. outgoing                         C. handsome                      D. kind

3.A. praised                        B. encouraged          C. persuaded                      D. blamed(责备)

4.A. far away                    B. out of sight           C. nearby                   D. lost

5.A. daughter                     B. friend                     C. wife                                  D. mother

6. A. joy                                B. sorrow                            C. surprise                          D. anger

7.A. only                              B. further                            C. hardly                     D. difficultly

8.A. Therefore(因此)       B. Besides               C. Anyway                           D. However

9.A. shouldn’t                    B. mustn’t                           C. wouldn’t              D. couldn’t

10.A. shouted                    B. whispered(小声说)     C. smiled                    D. cried

11.A. shop                                    B. school                    C. hospital                           D. park

12.A. moment                    B. girl                                    C. lolly                                  D. lesson

13.A. hoped                                 B. helped                            C. wished                            D. offered

14.A. explained                           B. shouted                          C. pointed                           D. cried

15.A. happiness                          B. kindness                         C. luck                                  D. presents

16.A. turned                       B. viewed                            C. tested                             D. shaped

17.A. doing                                   B. reading                           C. learning                          D. knowing

18.A. disappointed           B. touched                          C. sad                                  D. angry

19.A. and                             B. or                                      C. but                                   D. so

20.A. small                                   B. big                                    C. cool                                  D. hot

 

Age has its special advantage in America. And one of the more impressive of them is the senior citizen discount. Anyone who has reached a certain age—in some cases as low as 55－is automatically entitled to plenty of price reductions at nearly every level of commercial life. Eligibility（资格）is determined not by one’s need but by the date on one’s birth certificate. Practically the discounts have become a routine part of many businesses-as common as color televisions in motel rooms and free coffee on airliners.
People with gray hair often are given the discounts without even asking for them；yet, millions of Americans above age 60 are healthy and solvent（有支付能力的）. Businesses that would never dare offer discounts to college students or anyone under 30 freely offer them to older Americans. The practice is acceptable because of the widespread belief that “elderly” and “needy” are synonymous（同义的）. Perhaps that once was true, but today, to be sure, there is economic variety within the elderly, and most of them aren’t poor.
It is impossible to determine the effect of the discounts on individual companies. For many firms, they are a stimulus to income. But in other cases the discounts are given at the expense, directly or indirectly, of younger Americans. Moreover, they directly annoy some politicians and scholars who consider it a coming conflict between the generations.
Generational tensions are being fueled by continuing debate over Social Security benefits, which mostly involves a transfer of resources from the young to the old. Employment is another point. Supported by laws and court decisions, more and more older Americans are refusing the retirement dinner in favor of staying on the job-thereby lessening employment and promotion opportunities for younger workers. Far from a kind of charity they once were, senior citizen discounts have become a powerful economic privilege（特权）to a group with millions of members who don’t need them.
It no longer makes sense to treat the elderly as a single group whose economic needs deserve priority over those of others. Senior citizen discounts only enrich the myth that older people can’t take care of themselves and need special treatment；and they threaten the creation of a new myth, that the elderly ale ungrateful and taking for themselves at the expense of children and other age groups. Senior citizen discounts are the heart of the very thing older Americans are fighting against－discrimination by age.
【小题1】We learn from the first paragraph that   .

A．offering senior citizen discounts has become routine commercial practice

B．senior citizen discounts have enabled many old people to live a good life

C．giving senior citizen discounts has increased the market for the elderly

D．senior citizens have to show their birth certificates to get a discount

【小题2】The reason to give the senior citizen discount is that   .

A．the elderly need humane help from society

B．businesses should do something for society in return

C．old people are entitled to special treatment for their contribution to society

D．the senior discounts can make up for the lack of the Social Security system

【小题3】What does the author think of the Social Security system?

A．It encourages elderly people to retire in time.

B．It opens up broad career chances for young people.

C．It benefits the old at the expense of the young.

D．It should be strengthened by laws and court decisions.

【小题4】What does the author mainly argue in the passage?

A．Senior citizens should fight hard against age discrimination.

B．The elderly are selfish and taking senior discounts for granted.

C．Senior citizen discounts may well be a type of age discrimination.

D．Discount should be given to the economic needs of senior citizens.

If you see someone drowning, speed is very important. Once you get him out of the water, if he isn't breathing, you have four minutes before his brain is completely destroyed. Support his neck, move his head back and press his chin upwards. This stops the tongue blocking the airway in the throat and is sometimes enough to get him breathing again. If that doesn't work, start mouth-to-mouth breathing. Press his nostrils (the two holes at the end of your nose, through which you breathe and smell things) together with your fingers. Open your mouth and take a deep breath. Blow into his lungs until his chest rises, then remove your mouth and watch his chest fall. Repeat twelve times a minute. Keep doing until professional help arrives.

To bring a child back to life, keep your lips around his mouth and gently blow into his mouth. Give the first four breaths as quickly as possible to fill the blood with oxygen. If, in spite of your efforts, he starts turning a blue-grey colour, and you can feel no pulse(脉搏), then pressing is the last chance of saving his life.

With arms straight, rock forwards, pressing down on the lower half of the breastbone. Don't be too hard or you may break a rib. Check how effective you are by seeing if his colour improves or his pulse becomes independent to your chest pressing. If this happens, stop the pressing. Otherwise continue until rescue arrives.

1.If you want to save someone drowning, you __________.

A．have to pull off his clothes first .

B．should try to get him out of water as quickly as possible.

C．should first make out who he is.

D．ought to throw a life coat to him first .

2.Once a person stops breathing, it means ___________.

A．you have no more than 4 minutes to bring him to life again .

B．his brain is completely damaged .

C．he has passed away.

D．there is no way to save his life .

3.To press his chin upwards is a way to _____________.

A．keep the tongue from blocking the airway in the throat .

B．prevent the tongue from stopping the airway in the throat .

C．wipe the tongue out of the throat .

D．see if he can possibly be saved .

4.If the drowning boy has no pulse,_____________.

A．press his chin upwards is enough to get him breathing .

B．blow air into his mouth is sure to save his life .

C．press his nostrils together with your fingers can work .

D．press is the last chance of saving his life .

5.Which of the following statement is true?

A．Don’t stop pressing his chest, if the drowning man starts breathing again.

B．If you see someone drowning, you must give him mouth-to-mouth breathing.

C．If a man does not breathe for four minutes, his brain will be completely destroyed.

D．When pressing, you can do it as hard as you can.

 

I used to be the messiest person alive．Over the years, through watching others and by trial and error, I have finally found ways to come up with plans, organize them and follow through with them．

Make an outline of everything you need to have and do to make your plan happen．Make a list of all of the steps that need to be accomplished and think about what needs to be done．

Detail everything thoroughly and read over it so you can start coming up with some mental solutions of how to carry out your plans．

You should ensure that if for some reason way one doesn’t work, you have way two and way three to lean back on．Therefore, different ways are needed at hand．It’s just a matter of being organized．Chances are that there is always more than one way of doing things, and chances are that if one of those ways doesn’t work, one of the other ones will．

Committing yourself to finishing at least part if not all of your plan at once is also necessary．It will show that you not only have initiative to get things rolling, but that you are interested in the results obtained with making the move to get everything done．

If you make a commitment to finish before a specific time, make sure that you carry that out, and be sure to do everything in the way you said you would, within the time-frame you set for yourself．

Don’t try to tackle more things all at a time．All that does is delay your progress, distract you and make you lose your interest, motivation and energy．

Carrying out an effective plan requires being as organized as possible．You will only achieve this by sticking to the order of the plan and not deviating or trying to do more at a time．

Last but not least, you should never abandon things mid-project．It will only annoy everyone around you including yourself．Unfinished plans are a waste of time, energy and, in some cases, even money．

So, don’t be afraid of organization．The older we get, the more necessary it becomes to have the skills to follow through with confidence and to be able to carry through plans in an organized and manageable way．It pays to be organized, after all．

Title: Tips on how to be1.in your life
Tips	Details	2.
3.down your plan	◆List everything you need ◆List the4.you will follow	To make your plan happen
Prepare three 5.ways to carry out your plan		To6.that you can have some other choices when one way doesn’t work.
7.to finish at least part of your plan if not all	Do everything8. your own time-frame	To show yourself you are determined to get things started and caring about the results.
Do one thing at once	Stick to the order of your plan	To save your interest, motivation and energy
Finish what you have started		To get your plan9.out  thoroughly．
10.
You shouldn’t be afraid of organization because it’s really worthwhile．

 

 In all one’s lifetime it is oneself that one spends the most time being with or dealing with. But it is exactly oneself that one has the least understanding of.

When you are going upwards in life you tend to overestimate yourself. It seems that everything you seek for is within your reach. When you are going downhill you tend to underestimate yourself, mistaking difficulties for your own incompetence.

To get a thorough understanding of oneself is to gain a correct view of oneself-aware of both one’s strengths and shortages. You may look forward hopefully to the future but be sure not to expect too much, for ideals can never be fully realized. You may be courageous to meet challenges but it should be clear to you where to direct your efforts. That’s to say so long as you have a perfect knowledge of yourself there won’t be difficulties you can’t overcome.

To get a thorough understanding of oneself needs self-appreciation. Whether you think you are a towering tree or a blade of grass, a high mountain or a small stone, you represent a state of nature that has its own value. If you earnestly admire yourself you’ll have a real sense of self-appreciation, which will give you confidence. As soon as you gain full confidence in yourself, you’ll be enabled to fight and overcome any adversity.

To get a thorough understanding of oneself also requires doing oneself a favor when it’s needed. In time of sadness, do yourself a favor by sharing it with your friends so as to change a gloomy mood into a cheerful one; in time of tiredness, do yourself a favor by getting a good sleep. As you are aware, what a person physically has is but a human body that’s vulnerable when exposed to the elements. So if you fall ill, it’s up to you to take a good care of yourself.

In a word, to get a thorough understanding of oneself is to get a full control of one’s life. Then one will find one’s life full of color and flavor.

1. What is described in Paragraph 2 is to show that           .

A．a person is easy to estimate himself too high when succeeding

B．it is difficult for one to have a perfect knowledge of oneself

C．you should keep up high spirits whatever difficulties you meet

D．it is essential that a person get a thorough understanding of himself

2. Remember not to expect too much of yourself when looking forward to the future because         .

A．your shortages might stop you succeeding

B．ideals can never be turned into realities

C．you are likely to lack enough courage

D．you haven’t understood yourself quite well

3.Having a real sense of self-appreciation can enable one         .

A．to realize one’s shortages	B．not to be too proud
C．to gain enough self-confidence	D．not to go downhill

4.If this passage is divided into three parts, the second part should consist of        .

A．Paragraph 2 and Paragraph 3	B．Paragraph 2 to Paragraph 5
C．Paragraph 3 to Paragraph 5	D．Paragraph 4 and Paragraph 5