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The water Splashing Festival of the Dai ethnic minority (少数民族) is the most important festival 1. (observe) by the Dai people in Yunnan Province. It is the New Year for the Dai, a festival to send off the old and greet the new.

During the festival 2.lasts three or four days, people 3. (dress) in their best clothes and take part in a 4. (vary ) of rich and colorful activities, such as dragon boat racing, firework displays and other performances. Peacock dances are held on the first day. And the most popular event is water-splashing on the second day. People splash water on each other, 5. (hope) to take away sickness and disasters. The 6. (wet) you get, the luckier you will be. The last day is usually 7. the young people to play games as a way 8. (express) their love to each other.

The Water Splashing Festival 9. (vivid) exhibits the Dai’s respect for water and the culture of music and dance, food, and costumes. It is also a cultural bridge among the people that share 10. same festival culture of water-splashing.

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1.You'd better a________ to Mary for having kept her waiting for hours outside.

2.Don't be particular about food. A b________ diet is very important for health.

3.The job is not tiring at all. On the c________ , it's very relaxing.

4.His face wore a p________ expression,because he didn’t know what had happened.

5.You must finish the task w________ a week, or we will be to blame for it.

6.Do your best in your career, you’ll succeed _______ _______.

7.You shouldn’t consider Tom poor though he is ______ _______.

8.Our school won’t have students ___ ____ _____ cheating in the exam.

9.________ ______ take the aeroplane all the way, Li Daiyu and her cousin decided to take the train west to east across Canada.

10.We’ll _____ ______ working out regularly, so it’s a good habit to do some exercise every day.

    Last year, I was invited to participate in a carnival for Tuesday’s Child, an organization that helps children with AIDS.

All the children that had gathered at one particular room could_______ a square on a piece of cloth. Later the squares would be sewn(缝) together to_______a quilt. The quilt would be _______to a man who had_______his life to the_______and would soon be retiring.

The kids were given paints in bright colors and asked to paint something_______would make the quilt _______. As I looked around at all the squares, I saw pink hearts, blue clouds, orange sunrises and red flowers. The pictures were all bright and inspiring. All_______one.

One boy was painting a heart, but it was dark and lifeless. It _______the bright colors that his fellow artists had used. I asked why. He told me that he was very ________ and so was his mom. He said that his sickness was not ever going to get better and neither was his mom’s. He looked ________into my eyes and said, “There is no hope in my life.”

I told him I was sorry and I could understand why he had made his heart a dark color. I told him that________ we couldn’t make him better, we can give________, which can really help when you are feeling sad. I told him that if he would like, I would be ________ to give him one so he could see what I meant. ________, he crawled into my lap. I thought my own heart would burst for this sweet little boy.

He sat there for a long time. Finally he ________down to finish his coloring.

As I was getting ready to________home, I felt a tug (猛拽) on my jacket. Standing there was the little boy, ________. He said, “My heart is changing ________. It is getting brighter. I think those hugs really do ________.”

On my way home I felt my own heart. It too had changed to a brighter color.

1.A.cut B.paint C.find D.draw

2.A.spread B.become C.fold D.make

3.A.lent B.sold C.presented D.thrown

4.A.put B.led C.attached D.devoted

5.A.organization B.country C.education D.neighborhood

6.A.where B.when C.which D.that

7.A.new B.strong C.beautiful D.comfortable

8.A.except B.besides C.without D.beside

9.A.contained B.lacked C.needed D.showed

10.A.angry B.disappointed C.curious D.sick

11.A.straight B.still C.forward D.even

12.A.even though B.as long as C.so that D.as though

13.A.prizes B.smiles C.hugs D.lessons

14.A.eager B.happy C.sorry D.relaxed

15.A.Unwillingly B.Quickly C.suddenly D.Slowly

16.A.slipped B.jumped C.slowed D.fell

17.A.head B.stay C.leave D.arrive

18.A.dancing B.crying C.smiling D.glaring

19.A.weight B.form C.shape D.color

20.A.fail B.work C.fit D.hurt

    When stress affects your sleep on a nightly basis, it sets you up for a terrible insomnia (失眠) that forces you to turn to sleeping pills.1.

※ Target （把…作为目标）the enemy

“Every night a couple of hours before bed, sit down and make a list of all the problems you have to deal with,” says Donna Arand, director of Kettering Hospital Sleep Disorders Center. “Next to each item, write a solution or plan.” 2. That way, if thoughts of your problems arise as you’re trying to sleep, you can tell yourself, “I’ve got a plan and I’ll work on it tomorrow. “

※ Balance your work and activities

3. But a joint study of 314 workers found that workers with higher levels of enjoyable activities such as exercise, hobbies, and social activities, were able not only to come back from workplace stress better than their always-on-the-job coworkers but also sleep much better than others.

※ Deal with less

Four of the top ten stressors we experience are related to money.4. And how should we spend it? Given that, doesn’t it make sense that if we want less and are satisfied with less--smaller houses, and simpler forms of transportation--our stress levels will go down?

※  Give a nod to a nap （打盹）

It’s doubly unfortunate that stress makes it hard to get to sleep because, chemically speaking, the antidote （对抗手段）to stress is sleep. There is a way to deal with it.5. It’s true that one nap of up to 90 minutes between the hours of 1:00 and 4:00 P.M. during the day, will make people energetic again.

A.That’s by taking a nap.

B.Here’s how to step back from that state.

C.Now there is some advice on how to keep energetic.

D.When you ‘re ready for bed, put the list by the bedroom door.

E.It was reported recently that on-the-job stress has reached the worst levels.

F.How can we get it ?

G.Does stress always interrupt you?

    If practicing an attitude of gratitude during the storms of life is too much for you right now, that’s OK. When things are tough, most people have a hard time being thankful. They’re so caught up in what’s wrong in the present moment that they simply can’t see some things are still right.

If that’s true for you, then accept it. You’re going through a particularly difficult or unhappy period of time, and you don’t like it one bit. Very normal, very human. But remember this: there is always something to be grateful for. It maybe only a small comfort right now, but it is a start. Make a list of some of the terrible things that didn’t happen. For example:

●You’re in debt...but you’re not homeless.

●You lost your job...but you didn’t lose your health.

●You broke your leg...but you didn’t break your neck.

●Your mother has Alzheimer’s disease...but your father doesn’t.

No matter how bad things are, they could always be worse. Start finding gratitude for what might have happened, but didn’t. It does help a lot. Of course, you may not be thankful for everything — but you can always be thankful for something.

1.The passage is intended for those who ________.

A.have done a lot for others B.don’t know how to be thankful

C.have something to do in return D.have met with difficulties in life

2.The writer thinks it ________ for people to feel unhappy in time of difficulty.

A.impossible B.necessary

C.understandable D.helpful

3.How many “terrible things that didn’t happen” are listed in this passage?

A.Two. B.Four.

C.Three. D.Five.

4.How is the passage organized?

A.Explanation—Comparison—Topic B.Introduction—Discussion—Conclusion

C.Comparison—Argument—Explanation D.Argument—Opinion—Discussion