When thinking about quitting(停止) smoking…
List all the reasons why you want to quit. Every night before going to bed, repeat one of the reasons 10 times.
Decide positively that you want to quit. Try to avoid negative thoughts about how difficult it might be. Develop strong personal reasons as well as your health and responsibility to others. For example, think of all the time you waste taking cigarette breaks, rushing out to buy a pack, hunting a light, etc. Set a date for quitting — perhaps a special day like your birthday, a holiday. If you smoke heavily at work, quit during your vacation. Make the date holy seriously, and don't let anything change it. Begin to condition yourself physically; start a modest (适当的) exercise; drink more water; get plenty of rest.
Immediately after quitting...
The first few days after you quit, spend as much free time as possible in places where smoking is prohibited, e.g. libraries, museums, theatres, department stores, etc.
Drink large quantities of water and fruit juice. Try to avoid wine, coffee, and other drinks which remind you of cigarette smoking.
Strike up a conversation with someone instead of a match for a cigarette.
If you miss the feeling of having a cigarette in your hand, play with something else — a pencil, a pen, a ruler. If you miss having something in your mouth, try a fake (仿制的) cigarette.
1.According to the passage, which of the following statements is true?
A. Whenever you feel like a cigarette, try to forget it by sleeping.
B. Try to start a conversation before asking for a light.
C. If you miss the feeling of having a cigarette in your mouth, play with a pen.
D. Every night before going to bed, repeat all the reasons 10 times.
2.From the passage, we know smokers __________.
A. should drink a lot of coffee
B. have to stop to smoke from time to time
C. should drink a lot of wine
D. should not do any exercise
3.According to the passage, what does the underlined word “prohibited” mean?
A. forbiddenB. allowedC. receivedD. welcomed
4.If the passage is in a newspaper, which section is it in?
A. Sports.B. News.C. Health.D. Culture.
Until late in the 20th century, most Americans spent time with people of generations. Now mid-aged Americans may not keep in touch with old people until they are old themselves. That’s because we group people by age. We put our three-year-olds together in day-care center, our 13-year-olds in school and sports activities, and our 80-year-olds in senior-citizen homes. Why?
We live away from the old for many reasons: young people sometimes avoid the old to get rid of fears for aging and dying. It is much harder to watch someone we love disappear before our eyes. Sometimes it’s so hard that we stay away from the people who need us most.
Fortunately, some of us have found our way to the old. And we have discovered that they often save the young.
A reporter moved her family onto a block filled with old people. At first her children were disappointed. But the reporter baked banana bread for the neighbors and had her children deliver it and visit them. Soon the children had many new friends, with whom they shared food, stories and projects. “My children have never been less lonely,” the reporter said.
The young, in turn, save the old. Once I was in a rest home when a visitor showed up with a baby. She was immediately surrounded. People who hadn’t gotten out of bed in a week suddenly were ringing for a wheelchair. Even those who had seemed asleep wake up to watch the child. Babies have an astonishing power to comfort and cure.
Grandparents are a special case. They give grandchildren a feeling of security and continuity. As my husband put it, “my grandparents gave me a deep sense that things would turn out right in the end.”
Grandchildren speak of attention they don’t get from worried parents. “My parents were always telling me to hurry up, and my grandparents told me to slow down,” one friend said. A teacher told me she can tell which pupils have relationships with grandparents: they are quieter, calmer, more trusting.
1.Now in an American family, people can find that ________.
A. children never live with their parents
B. not all working people live with their parents
C. aged people are supported by their grandchildren
D. grandchildren are supported by their grandparents
2.The reason why old people are left alone may be that ________.
A. the old don’t like to live in a big family
B. the young can’t get enough money to support the old
C. different generations have different lifestyles
D. the old are too weak to live with the young
3.The fact that the reporter told us shows that ________.
A. old people in America lead a hard life
B. old people in America enjoy banana bread
C. she had no time to take care of her children
D. old people are easy to get along with
4.Seeing a baby, the old people get excited because ________.
A. they had never seen a baby before
B. the baby was clever and beautiful
C. the baby brought them the image of life
D. the baby’s mother would take care of them
The Chinese invented paper in 105 A. D. They mixed the bark of a tree and rags (破布) with water, put a screen into the mixture, and lifted out a thin piece of wet paper. They dried the paper in the sun.
The Chinese kept their secret of how to make paper until a war with Muslims in the ninth century. The art of papermaking soon spread throughout the Muslim world.
The Mayan Indians in Central America and Pacific Islanders also discovered how to make paper, but their knowledge never spread to the rest of the world.
For centuries, all paper was made by hand. Rags were the main material. Then a French scientist discovered that people could make paper from wood, too. Finally, in the eighteenth century, a Frenchman invented a machine to make paper from wood.
1.Who discovered how to make paper?
A. The Chinese.B. The Pacific Islanders.
C. The Mayan Indians.D. All of the above.
2.When did the Chinese invent paper according to the passage?
A. About 1,800 years ago.
B. About 1,900 years ago.
C. About 2,000 years ago.
D. About 2,100 years ago.
3.How was papermaking introduced into the rest of the world from China?
A. Through wars.
B. Through the Muslims.
C. Through the Mayan Indians.
D. Through the Pacific Islanders.
4.Which of the following is the best title for this passage?
A. The Invention of Paper.
B. The History of Papermaking.
C. Different Ways of Making Paper.
D. The Invention of a Papermaking Machine.
Editor: Today our topic is part-time job. Are they good for school children or not?
Headmaster: Certainly not. Children have got two full-time jobs already: growing up and going to school. Part-time jobs make them so tired that they fall asleep in class.
Mrs. White: I agree. I know school hours are short, but there’s homework as well, and children need a lot of sleep.
Mr. White: Young children, perhaps some boys, stay at school until they’re eighteen or nineteen. A part-time job can’t harm them. In fact, it’s good for them. They earn their pocket money instead of asking their parents for it. And they see something of the world outside school.
Businessman: You’re quite right. Boys learn a lot from a part-time job. And we mustn’t forget that some families need the extra money. If the pupils didn’t take part-time jobs, they couldn’t stay at school.
Editor: Well, we have got two for, and two against. What do our readers think?
1.Who have the same opinion?
A. Headmaster and Mrs. White.B. Editor and Mr. White.
C. Mr. and Mrs. White.D. Businessman and Headmaster.
2.Mrs. White thinks the young children maybe ________.
A. need to stay at school until they are eighteen or nineteen
B. need to have some pocket money
C. should see something of the world outside school
D. need to have a lot of sleep
3.What does the editor think of part-time jobs?
A. They can help students from poor families.
B. They are good for school children.
C. They cannot harm school children.
D. We are not told.
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。
I lay there buried alive under our house when the bomb hit our city. The great ________ started by the bomb came nearer and nearer to us as workers tried to ________ us. “Hurry! ” they cried to one another as the flames(火焰) came nearer. At last they reached us and ________ me and my mother out from under everything ________ the flames reached us.
Later, as I thought of the pilot of the plane that ________ the bomb on our city, I cried, “I hate him. I hate him.” The people with marked faces from the ________ of the bomb made me cry, “I hate him.” I saw people suffering a terrible, ________ death. Again and again I cried as I saw these people, “I hate him!”
Some time later, that man appeared in a meeting I ________. As I looked at him, I ________ him very much. Then I listened to what he told us of his ________ the day when he dropped the bomb on our city. I heard him say, “When I flew over the city ________ we dropped the bomb, I cried, ‘Oh, God ,what have I ________’.” I could see that he found it ________ to speak of that day.
As this happened I suddenly ________ my hatred (仇恨) of him was ________. It only made me unhappy also. As I did this, it was as if a heavy load (负担) ________ my shoulders. Then I decided to ________ him. I did so and my life was ________.
I now help those who suffer from ________ other people. I try to help them to ________ everyone, as I am now able to do.
1.A．soundB．heatC．fireD．light
2.A．callB．reachC．findD．help
3.A．putB．sentC．pulledD．brought
4.A．afterB．asC．whenD．before
5.A．madeB．droppedC．attackedD．set
6.A．noiseB．energyC．effectD．power
7.A．slowB．seriousC．sadD．hard
8.A．joinedB．tookC．attendedD．gave
9.A．hatedB．fearedC．honoredD．believed
10.A．activityB．ideaC．experienceD．opinion
11.A．whenB．afterC．asD．before
12.A．gotB．heardC．doneD．seen
13.A．difficultB．easyC．uselessD．proud
14.A．imaginedB．realizedC．knewD．thought
15.A．rightB．funnyC．necessaryD．wrong
16.A．took awayB．took offC．fell offD．fell on
17.A．forgiveB．killC．defeatD．accept
18.A．balancedB．changedC．continuedD．ruined
19.A．punishingB．hurtingC．dislikingD．hating
20.A．respectB．loveC．considerD．move
—Do you need any help，Lucy?
—Yes. The job is ________ I could do myself.
A．more thanB．less than
C．no more thanD．not more than
