阅读理解。 The quality of patience goes a long way toward your goal of creating a

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阅读理解。     The quality of patience goes a long way toward your goal of creating a more peaceful and loving
self. The more patient you are, the more accepting you will be of what life is, rather than insisting tha
t life be exactly as you would like it to be. Without patience, life is extremely frustrating. You are
easily annoyed, bothered, and irritated. Patience adds a dimension of ease and acceptance to your
life. It’s essential for inner peace. Becoming more patient involves opening your heart to the present
moment, even if you don’t like it. If you are stuck in a traffic jam, late for an appointment, being
patient would mean keeping yourself from building a mental snowball before your thinking get out
of hand and gently reminding yourself to relax. It might also be a good time to breathe as well as an
opportunity to remind yourself that, in the bigger scheme of things, being late is “small stuff”.
     Patience is a quality of heart that can be greatly enhanced with deliberate practice. An effective
way that I have found to deepen my own patience is to create actual practice periods-periods of time
that I set up in my mind to practice the art of patience. Life itself becomes a classroom, and the
curriculum is patience. You can start with as little as five minutes and build up your capacity for
patience over time. What you’ll discover is truly amazing. Your intention to be patient, especially
if you know it’s only for a short while, immediately strengthens your capacity for patience. Patience
is one of those special qualities where success feeds on itself. Once you reach little milestone(里程
碑)-five minutes of successful patience-you’ll begin to see that you do indeed have the capacity to
be patient, even for longer periods of time. Over time, you may even become a patient person.
     Being patient will help you to keep your perspective. You’ll see even a difficult situation, say your
present challenge, isn’t “life or death” but simply a minor obstacle that must be dealt with. Without
patience, the same scenario can become a major emergency complete with yelling, frustration, hurt
feelings, and high blood pressure.1. In the first paragraph, the expression “building a mental snowball” can be best replaced by ________.A. imagining a big snowball
B. awaiting a result calmly
C. taking a deep breath
D. losing your patience2. The main idea of the first paragraph is that         .A. it takes a long time to cultivate patience
B. patience is very important for us
C. patience is essential for inner peace
D. being late is “small stuff”3. It’s implied in the second paragraph that         .A. the quality of patience is very hard to cultivate
B. patience should become a school course
C. you’ll get more than expected from practicing patience
D. the quality of patience will lead you to success4. People without patience will treat the challenge as        .A. a minor thing
B. a matter of life or death
C. the small stuff
D. a great chance5. The purpose of this passage is to          .A. persuade people to be more patient
B. tell how to practice patience
C. list the advantages of patience
D. state the importance of patience

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1-5: DBCBA

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     When difficult people express themselves orally,they generally want at least two things: they"ve been
heard and they"ve been understood.As a good communicator should be a good listener,five steps are
advocated toward good listening.
     The first step is cooperating(合作). How does a difficult person know that you"re listening and
understanding? In fact, it"s through the way you look and sound while he is talking.You may help him to
fully express his thoughts and feelings. You do this by nodding your head in agreement, making certain
sounds of understanding.
     When the person begins to repeat what"s been said, it"s a signal of step two: turning back. It means
that you repeat back some words he is using,sending a clear signal that you"re listening carefully and that
you think what he is saying is important.
     Having heard what he has to say, the next step is clarifying. At this point, you start to gather information about what is being communicated. Ask some open ended questions, which will allow you to figure out
what intention he is hoping to satisfy.
     The fourth step is to summarize(概括)what you"ve heard. This allows you to make sure that both you
and the difficult person are on the same page. When you do this,two things happen. First, if you"ve
missed something, he can fill in the details(细节). Second, you"ve shown that you"re making an effort to
understand completely. This increases the possibility of gaining cooperation from him.
     Having listened carefully, you"ve now arrived at the point of confirming with the person that he feels
satisfied that his thoughts have been fully voiced. Ask if he feels understood. When enough sincere
listening, questioning, and remembering are brought together, understanding is usually achieved and a
difficult person becomes less difficult and more cooperative.

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阅读理解     In Canada you can find dogs, cats, horses, etc. in almost every family. These are their pets. People love these pets and have them as their good friends. Before they keep them in their houses, they take them to
animal hospitals to give them injections(注射) so that they won"t carry diseases. There are many special
animal food stores, though people can get animal food in almost every kind of store. Some people spend
around two hundred Canadian dollars a month on animal food. When you visit people"s houses, they will
be very glad to show you their pets and they are very proud of them. You will also find that almost every
family has a bird feeder in their garden. All kinds of birds are welcome to come and have a good meal. They are free to come and go and nobody is allowed to kill any animal in Canada. They have a law against
killing wild animals. If you killed an animal, you would be punished. If an animal happened to be hurt by a
car, people would be very sad about it.
     People in Canada have many reasons to like animals. One of them might be: Their family ties are not as close as ours. When children grow up, they leave their parents and start their own lives. Then the old will
feel lonely. But pets can solve this problem. They can be good friends and never leave them alone. 1. The passage mainly talks about ______. A. how to keep disease from pets
B. pets in Canada
C. how to take good care of pets
D. life of the old in Canada2. They give their pets injections before keeping them in their houses because ______. A. the pets are sick
B. the pets are wild
C. they want to stop them from carrying disease
D. they want them to sleep on the way home3. This passage shows that Canadians ______. A. hate animals
B. often kill animals
C. love animals
D. don"t keep pets inside houses4. Which of the following is TRUE?A. People buy animal food only at the animal food stores.
B. Pets eat better than people.
C. Almost every family has a birdcage in his house.
D. Any bird can come to the bird feeders to eat.

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阅读理解。     Some people make you feel comfortable when they are around. You spend an hour with them and
feel as if you have known them half your life. These people have something in common. And once we
know what it is, we can try to do it ourselves.
     How is it done? Here are several skills that good talkers have. If you follow the skills, they"ll help
you put people at their ease, and make friends with them quickly.
    First of all, good talkers ask questions. Almost anyone, no matter how shy he is, will answer a
question. One well-known businesswoman says, "At business lunches, I always ask people what they
did that morning. It"s a common question, but it will get things going." From there you can move on to
other matters-sometimes to really personal questions. And how he answers will let you know how far
you can go.
     Second, once good talkers have asked questions, they listen to the answers. This point seems clear,
but it isn"t. Your questions should have a point and help to tell what sort of person you are talking to.
And to find out, you really have to listen carefully and attentively.
Real listening at least means some things. First it means not to change the subject of conversation. If
someone sticks to one topic, you can take it as a fact that he"s really interested in it. Real listening also
means not just listening to words, but to tones of voice. If the voice sounds dull, then, it"s time for you
to change the subject.
     Finally, good talkers know well how to deal with the occasion of parting. If you"re saying good-bye,
you may give him a firm handshake and say, "I"ve really enjoyed meeting you." If you want to see that
person again, don"t keep it a secret. Let people know what you feel, and they may walk away feeling as
if they"ve known you half their life.1. Asking questions might be a quite good and suitable way _______.A. for you to make more and more new friends
B. to begin your business talks
C. to get the conversation going smoothly
D. for you to make a deep and lasting impression on others2. After having asked somebody a question, it"ll be polite of you to _______.A. make clear what kind of person he is
B. listen to his reply attentively
C. wait quietly and patiently for his answer
D. go on asking him more questions3. Generally speaking, good talkers are persons who _______.A. are good at making any topic interesting
B. never talk too much or too little
C. always speak in a gentle way
D. know how and when they should change the topic of the talk4. If you really take delight in meeting someone again, _______.A. you may take him as your lifelong trustworthy friend
B. it seems necessary for you to let him know it
C. it"s proper for you to give him a second handshake
D. it"ll be helpful for you to have further understanding of him

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阅读理解。        1 .Being angry doesn"t really solve much, but what people do when they feel angry is important.
The goal is to calm down and try to solve what is bothering you. This is hard for some kids and adults,
too. Instead of calming down, some kids might keep getting more and more upset until they explode like
a volcano!
       2   .Their anger might be so strong that they lose control of their temper. They may act in ways
unacceptable and hurtful. People may say that someone has trouble controlling their temper.  3
Some kids might get so angry that they scream at their parents, break something , or even worse , hit
their brothers or sisters.  4 .However, it"s not OK for a kid to do any of those things .Kids don"t want
to act in this way , but sometimes angry feelings can be hard to manage. So what to do?
     Well, the good news is that kids don"t just have to keep making the same mistakes over and over
again.  5 .Imagine your temper as a puppy inside you that needs some training. The puppy is not
bad - it will probably turn out a great dog. It just needs to learn some rules because, right now, that
puppy is causing some problems to you.
A. You can train you temper.
B. You don"t want to cause trouble.
C. Kids should be allowed to express their feelings, even angry ones.
D. Everybody gets angry sometimes.
E. In fact, they usually mean that a kid behaves badly when feeling angry.
F. Instead of thinking of the person you"re angry with, think of something else.
G. Some kids get angry more often or more easily than some other kids.

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阅读理解     "Our aim is to take our art to the world and make people understand what it is to move," said David
Belle, the founder of parkour(跑酷).
     Do you love running? It is a good exercise, yet many people find it boring. But what if making your
morning jog a creative one? Like jumping from walls and over gaps, and ground rolls? Just like the James Bond in the movie Casino Royale? Bond jumps down from a roof to a windowsill and then runs several
blocks over obstacles on the way. It is just because of Bond"s wonderful performances that the sport has
become popular worldwide.
     Yes, that"s parkour, an extreme street sport aimed at moving from one point to another as quickly as
possible, getting over all the obstacles in the path using only the abilities of the human body. Parkour is
considered an extreme sport. As its participants dash around a city, they may jump over fences, run up
walls and even move from rooftop to rooftop.
Parkour can be just as exciting and charming as it sounds, but its participants see parkour much more
than that.
     Overcoming all the obstacles on the course and in life is part of the philosophy(理念) behind parkour. This is the same as life. You must determine your destination, go straight, jump over all the barriers as if
in parkour and never fall back from them in your life, to reach the destination successfully. A parkour
lover said, "I love parkour because its philosophy has become my life, my way to do everything."
     Another philosophy we"ve learnt from parkour is freedom. It can be done by anyone, at any time,
anywhere in the world. It is a kind of expression of trust in yourself that you earn energy and confidence. 1. Parkour has become popular throughout the world because of _____.A. its founder, David Belle
B. the film, Casino Royale
C. its risks and tricks
D. the varieties of participants2. The underlined word "obstacles" in Paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to "_____".A. streetsB. objects
C. barriersD. roofs3. Which of the following is true of parkour?

A. It challenges human abilities.
B. It is a good but boring sport.
C. It needs special training.
D. It is a team sport.

4. As its participants move around a city, _____.A. they can ask for help
B. they may choose to escape
C. they should run to extremes
D. they must learn to

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