You wake up in the morning，the day is beautiful and the plans for the day are what you have been looking forward to for a long time．Then the telephone rings，you say hello, and the drama starts．The person on the other end has a depressing（令人沮丧的） tone in his voice as he starts to tell you how terrible his morning is and that there is nothing to look forward to．Yon are still in a wonderful mood? Impossible!
Communicating with negative people can wash out your happiness．It may not change what you think，but communicating long enough with them will make you feel depressed for a moment or a long time．
Life brings ups and downs，but some people are stuck in the wrong idea that life has no happiness to offer．They only feel glad when they make others feel bad．No wonder they can hardly win others’pity or respect．
When you communicate with positive people，your spirit stays happy and therefore more positive things are attracted．When the dagger（匕首）of a negative person is put in you, you feel the heavy feeling that all in all，brings you down．
Sometimes we have no choice but to communicate with negative people．This could be a co-worker，or relative．In this case，say what needs to be said as little as possible．Sometimes it feels good to let out-your anger back to a negative person，but all this does is to lower you to that same negative level and they won’t feel ashamed of themselves about that．
Negativity often affects happiness without even being realized．The negative words of another at the start of the day can cling to（附着）you throughout the rest of your day，which makes you feel bad and steals your happiness．Life is too short to feel negative．Stay positive and avoid negativity as much as possible．
1.The purpose of the first paragraph is to ．
A．make a comparison B．offer an evidence
C．introduce a topic D．describe a daily scene
2.How can negative people have effect on us?
A．By influencing our emotion． B．By telling US the nature of life．
C．By changing our way of thinking． D．By comparing their attitude to life with ours．
3.Some negative people base their happiness on ．
A．other people’s pity for them B．making other people unhappy
C．building up a positive attitude D．other people’s respect for t hem
4.According to the passage， to reduce negative people’s influence on us，we are advised ．
A．to change negative people’s attitude to life
B．to show our dissatisfaction to negative people
C．to make negative people feel ashamed of themselves
D．to communicate with negative people as little as possible
5.What can we learn about negativity?
A．Its effect can last．
B．Its effect can be completely avoided．
C．It hardly happens among family members．
D．Its effect is smaller than the effect created by a positive person．
Why doesn’t the unemployment rate ever reach zero? Economists, who generally believe that supply tends to meet demand, have long thought about this question．Even in good times, i．e．not now, there are people who can’t find work．And even in bad times, i．e．now, there are job openings．With over 14 million people out of work and looking for a job, you would think every available job would be filled．But that’s not the case．Not now and not ever．
On Monday, the Nobel Prize committee awarded the prize for economics to the three scholars who have done the most to explain this phenomenon．Two of the winners are Americans, Peter Diamond of MIT and Dale Mortensen of Northwestern．The third winner is Christopher Pissarides, who teaches at the London School of Economics and was born on Cyprus．
Like most of economics, what they have found about why the jobless and ready-employers don’t find each other seems obvious．You have to find out there is job opening you are interested in．Employers need to get resumes （简历）．It takes a while for both employers and employees to make the decision that this is what they want．And these guys came up with a frame-work to study the problem of why people stay unemployed longer than they should and what can be done about it．
So what would today’s Nobel Prize winners do to solve the current problem of the unemployed? And does the awarding of the prize contribute to the politicians’ lowering joblessness?
Speaking from his north London home, Pissarides told The Associated Press the announcement came as “a complete surprise” though his work had already helped shape thinking on both sides of the Atlantic． For example, the New Deal for Young People, a British government policy aimed at getting 18-24-year-olds back on the job market after long periods of unemployment, “is very much based on our work,” he said．
“One of the key things we found is that it is important to make sure that people do not stay unemployed too long so they don’t lose their feel for the labor force,” Pissarides told reporters in London．“The ways of dealing with this need not be expensive training – it could be as simple as providing work experience．”
1.According to the writer, which is true about finding jobs?
A．It is always difficult to find a job．
B．Everyone can find a job in good times．
C．Contrary to popular belief, it is easier to find a job in bad times．
D．It is possible to find a job even in times as bad as now．
2.What is it that leads to their winning the prize?
A．They have found the reason for unemployment．
B．They have put forward a set of ideas to deal with unemployment．
C．They have found out why people don’t want to be employed．
D．They have long studied the problem of unemployment．
3.Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?
A．Pissarides thinks his work surprising．
B．The work of Pissarides has influenced many economists．
C．Some of the winners’ ideas have been put into practice．
D．It is probable that unemployed young people in Britain benefit from Pissarides’ work．
4.According to Pissarides, _________ is effective in dealing with unemployment． A．spending large sums of money on training
B．teaching some knowledge of economics
C．providing work experience
D．keeping people unemployed for some time
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1.Where is the passage likely to appear?
A．A morning newspaper． B．A monthly magazine．
C．A geography book． D．An official guide．
2.The underlined phrase “cater to” probably means ________．
A．satisfy B．afford
C．support D．help
3.You may have better choices to deal with _________．
A．your hunger problem in Blue Sky Cafe and your thirsty problem in Macdonald’s B．your thirsty problem in Blue Sky Cafe and your hunger problem in Macdonald’s C．your hunger and thirsty problems in the Blue Sky Cafe
D．your hunger and thirsty problems in the Macdonald’s
Are some people born clever, and others born stupid? Or is intelligence developed by our environment and our experiences? Strangely enough, the answer to both these questions is yes．To some degree our intelligence is given us at birth, and no amount of special education can make a genius out of a child born with low intelligence．On the other hand, a child who lives in a boring environment will develop his intelligence less than one who lives in rich and varied surroundings．Thus the limits of a person's intelligence are fixed at birth, but whether or not he reaches those limits will depend on his environment．This view, now held by most experts, can be supported in a number of ways．
It is easy to show that intelligence is to some degree something we are born with．The closer the blood relationship between two people, the closer they are likely to be in intelligence．Thus if we take two unrelated people at random（随机地） from the population, it is likely that their degrees of intelligence will be completely different．If on the other hand we take two identical （完全相同的） twins they will very likely be as intelligent as each other．Relations like brothers and sisters, parents and children, usually have similar intelligence, and this clearly suggests that intelligence depends on birth．
Imagine now that we take two identical twins and put them in different environments．We might send one, for example, to a university and the other to a factory where the work is boring．We would soon find differences in intelligence developing, and this indicates that environment as well as birth plays a part．This conclusion is also suggested by the fact that people who live in close contact with each other, but who are not related at all, are likely to have similar degrees of intelligence．
1.Which of these sentences best describes the writer’s point in Para．1?
A．To some degree, intelligence is given at birth．
B．Intelligence is developed by the environment．
C．Some people are born clever and others born stupid．
D．Intelligence is fixed at birth, but is developed by the environment．
2.It is suggested in this passage that_______．
A．unrelated people are not likely to have different intelligence
B．close relations usually have similar intelligence
C．the closer the blood relationship between people, the more different they are likely to be in intelligence
D．people who live in close contact with each other are not likely to have similar degrees of intelligence
3.In Para．1, the word "surroundings" means_______．
A．intelligence B．life
C．environments D．housing
4.The best title for this article would be_______．
A．On Intelligence
B．What Intelligence Means
C．We are Born with Intelligence
D．Environment Plays a Part in Developing Intelligence
There are labels（标签） inside all new clothes．The labels tell you how to take care of your clothes．The label for a shirt may tell you to wash it in warm water．A sweater label may tell you to wash in cold water．The label on a coat may say “dry clean only”, for washing may ruin this coat．If you do as the directions on the label, you can keep your clothes looking their best for a long time．
Many clothes today must be dry cleaned．Dry cleaning is expensive．When buying new clothes, check to see if they will need to be dry cleaned．You will save money if you buy clothes that can be washed．
You can save money if you buy clothes that are well made．Well-made clothes last longer．They look good even after they have been washed many times．Clothes that cost more money are not necessarily better made．They do not always fit better．Sometimes less expensive clothes look and fit better than more expensive clothes．
1.If you want to save money, you had better buy clothes that ______．
A．don’t fit you B．don’t last long
C．need to be dry cleaned D．can be washed
2.The labels inside the clothes tell you______．
A．how to keep them looking their best B．how to save money
C．whether they fit you or not D．where to get them dry cleaned
3.We learn from the passage that cheaper clothes ______．
A．are always worse made B．must be dry cleaned
C．can not be washed D．can sometimes fit you better
4.The best title for the passage should be ______．
A．Buy Less Expensive Clothes B．Taking Enough Money When Shopping
C．Being a Clever Clothes Shopper D．Choosing the Labels inside New Clothes
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
My first memories of acts of kindness are from when I was about 12 years old．I always 1people as soon as possible with whatever they needed．
At that time, I noticed that many 2people had difficulty going to the grocery store 3a snowstorm．I would spend part of a 4Saturday knocking on my elderly neighbor’s apartment doors to ask if they 5anything from the store．The 6was down a hill and I would bring back a couple of bags of goods for them．I liked it and it made them so 7, too．
My friends asked me 8I was doing and after some time some of them 9in and it became a 10as time went by．I 11asked for money for what I did, but sometimes the old ladies would 12the change in my pocket secretly．The next time I would buy some flowers or cards for them．
When I went to college, many of these people would 13my mother about me, 14my mother didn’t always know who they were．It was through those 15between my mother and these people that she 16what I used to do for them — I had never told her．
I 17helping others when I was 12 and it 18until today．Now, I’m a teacher and teaching my students the art of true 19．At first I wrote this for my diary, but my mother said why not 20it with everyone．I hope this inspires younger people and the old alike．
1.A．helped B．gave C．cared D．offered
2.A．lazy B．tired C．kind D．old
3.A．after B．before C．until D．since
4.A．fine B．snowy C．funny D．busy
5.A．got B．fetched C．needed D．took
6.A．store B．factory C．hospital D．college
7.A．sad B．happy C．strange D．young
8.A．whether B．when C．why D．what
9.A．turned B．looked C．gave D．joined
10.A．rule B．habit C．tradition D．custom
11.A．never B．usually C．always D．sometimes
12.A．put B．choose C．save D．keep
13.A．think B．ask C．guess D．find
14.A．but B．and C．so D．or
15.A．conversations B．discussion C．statements D．speeches
16.A．knew from B．thought over C．learned about D．talked about
17.A．finished B．started C．stopped D．lasted
18.A．pauses B．remains C．continues D．follows
19.A．love B．kindness C．friendship D．honesty
20.A．show B．divide C．deliver D．share
